Since when did pacts count in Nigeria?
SO much hot air is being wasted on the speculated “agreement” allegedly signed by President Goodluck Jonathan promising the North he would do a single term. The Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Dr Babangida Aliyu, recently resumed commotion over the issue, without showing evidence of the pact.
Echoes from Lagos festival of plays
IT was another weekend of entertainment last week as theatre lovers in and around Lagos were held spell bound with plethora of performances that cut across a number of unconventional spaces in the city of Lagos during the Lagos theatre festival 2013.
12-yr-old debuts with short stories
LAST week launch of a debut novel, titled “Jacky The Hardworking Spider”, authored by Glory Osandatuwa, was to Nigerians, a strong indication that another Nobel Laureate may have been born in Nigeria, and this time, from Warri in Delta State.
AfDB, Ecobank, Stanchart boost African trade with $400m
African Development Bank has approved $400 million facility for Standard Charted Bank and Ecobank Transnational to boost trade in vital economic sectors such as agribusiness and manufacturing.
Lamentation of widow of ex-Naval staff: Alleges conspiracy of silence over hubby’s death
Mrs Mosunmola Ashaye was in a pensive mood that Thursday, as she sat on a sofa, staring at her sympathisers as if one of them would announce the miraculous resurrection of her husband, a retired naval officer. Alas, this was never to be for the father of four, who was slain on Monday February 4, during a gun battle with sea pirates in Bayelsa State in the course of his official duty.
Unemployed graduates in Bayelsa give Dickson 30-day ultimatum
Unemployed youths in Bayelsa State, under the aegis of Unemployed Graduates Forum, have issued a 30-day ultimatum to the state government to create 70,000 jobs for unemployed youths in the state.
