A Lagos State boxer, Aishat Oriyomi has made history as the first female to win the annual Governor’s Belt since its inception in 2009.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oriyomi made the feat on Thursday at the 48th monthly Saturday Boxing Show tagged: “Governor’s Belt,’’ edition

Nigeria is the successor state to all the pre-existing powers – the old, exhausted, crumbling and defeated empires, kingdoms, sultanates, and republican aristocracies and the city states that once reigned prior to amalgamation in 1914. It is the modern nation forged out of the colonial contact. From 1914 – 1963, this modern nation was a “British possession,” which means that if fell under the economic and political control of the British Empire. It had been granted self-governing status or independence by the British Empire on October 1, 1960, with the inauguration of the Prime Minister as head of its parliament under the British Commonwealth.

‘GENERAL’ Kingsley Muturu is the Chairman of the Delta State chapter of Phase Two of Amnesty Programme. In this interview, he speaks on the Amnesty Programme among other issues.
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Our elders say that a dog destined to die ignores the whistle of the hunter while a hunter that chases two games at the same time may end up not catching any. That is the true position of Golden Eaglets hero Kelechi Iheanacho, his father James Iheanacho and his unnamed agent.

Bayelsa State has been organising international events and still counting. The latest is the Bayelsa International Jazz Festival.
Ebizi Ndiomu-Brown, Director General of the Bayelsa State Tourism Development Agency, in this interview, gives an insight into why the state administration has decided to promote massive tourism in the state.
She also speaks about other issues affecting the sector.

A WEEK long activities marking the centenary celebration of 100 years of Christianity in Ezeoke-Nsu in Ehime-Mbano Local Government of Imo State which started with rallies, expositions, workshops, life transforming testimonies, music and lots more with Bishop of Okigwe South Diocese, the Rt. Rev. David Onuoha as the chief host. It is expected to end with a thanksgiving service on Sunday.

The saying goes: “Give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man”, the memo obviously got lost in transit prior to getting to Nigeria. If we cannot mould and prepare our young for the future then how can we then prepare them for adulthood or mould them into useful and productive citizens?

Lagos roads generally are averagely okay compared to what is obtainable in other climes. It is pathetic that in Lagos, we have about 9,100 roads out of which 25 are federal, 454 are state while the remaining belong to local government roads. What percentage of the state roads have been tarred let alone other roads.

For one week the economic, social and spiritual life of Warri, the oil city gets an uplift due to the annual celebration of the Christian Feast of Tabernacles by the God’s Kingdom Society.

Nigerian businessmen in China are bitter over the absence of a consulate in Guangzhou, the commercial nerve centre of China, mostly populated by Africans.

There are many accounts of this event of July 11, 1804, some 209 years ago. But some basic facts remain incontrovertible: That Aaron Burr, a sitting American vice president, challenged Alexander Hamilton, a former Secretary of the Treasury, to a gun duel which claimed the life of the latter.

As Jose Foundation, an international non-governmental organisation with bias for Africa and the less privileged, marks its tenth anniversary, it has lined up activities to commemorate the milestone.

Worried by the high level of insecurity in Nigeria, Ichie Ugochukwutubelu I of Ichida, High Chief R.U Ezemedolu has called on country’s leadership to be conscious of their actions and to learn from their past mistakes and shortcomings so as to move the nation forward.

It was the occasion of my uncle’s birthday party, which President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan honoured in person. I had the good fortune of being the one asked to serve him. His security detail scanned me with some device before they allowed me to approach him. While attending to him, I noticed the look in his eyes. At that point, something happened to me that made me become somewhat unconscious of my environment for some seconds.