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.