When I was elected secretary-general of the students union at the University of Benin in 1987, I headed a secretarial named after Mandela. I do not know when the decision was taken to make Mandela the tutelary patron of our union whose struggles were mundane by comparison to the race-wide, all-of-humanity-embracing, cause that kept him underground for several years and eventually in prison for twenty-seven more.

RIVERS State Police Command, yesterday, combed the state House of Assembly complex for materials that could pose a threat to lives and properties.

First Bank Nigeria (FBN) Holdings Plc has explained that it is awaiting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approval of its nine months results for 2013 financial year, even as it assured shareholders of dividend payment under its new holding structure.

BY BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE Lagos — Justice Morenike Obadina of a Lagos High Court in Igbosere, yesterday, gave the police go- ahead to declare the former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Aderoju Ojikutu and her son Samson Adebisi Ojikutu wanted over alleged N130 million fraud, saying it is their constitutional duty to do so. […]

IT is common, passing through some of the nation’s State capitals, especially those governed by opposition political parties such as the All Progressives Congress (APC), to see sign-boards with the inscription: “This road belongs to the Federal Government, please, accept our apologies.”

Before the November 2013 handover of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN to 10 successor companies, who emerged after a bidding process, the issue of vandals had been a threat to the quest for steady power supply. But the situation seems to have assumed an alarming dimension resulting in the current drop in power supply nationwide.

ABUJA— President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, unveiled the first indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, named GULMA, built by the Nigerian Air Force in Kaduna.

Last week, the media reported the British Deputy High Commissioner as saying that the State of Osun is a viable destination for any investor who is looking for a safe place to put his money in Nigeria because, according to him, “the State is peaceful”.

Failed federal roads in S-East BY   ANAYO OKOLI UMUAHIA—Igbo youths,under the auspices of Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, an umbrella body of 22 Igbo youth organisations, have called President Goodluck Jonathan to fulfill the promise he allegedly made to empower them during his 2011 Presidential campaigns. The group, an amalgam of 22 Igbo youth organisations, urged […]

PRESIDENT Obasanjo’s poison letter to President Jonathan laid everything bare, except the full intent behind its title, “Before it is too late.” On the face of it, the title suggests that Obasanjo’s blistering survey of all the ills of Jonathan’s personality and administration holds out the hope that the President can fix himself and his administration in a manner that will save the nation from a looming disaster.

Some concerned Nigerians have alleged that a Lagos-based Italian Oil and Gas company, Saipem, engages in what they called ‘anti-Nigerian Policies ‘ to the detriment of its work force and against the governing laws of Nigeria. They called on President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently intervene in the matter.

By Prince Osuagwu MTN Nigeria, last weekend, created seven millionaires at the end of the second phase of its App developer campaign which first flagged off in July. Following the completion of the Challenge, MTN, Friday, presented prizes to the winners in all the categories at its headquarters in Lagos. After considering originality of concept, […]

Malicious allegation of sexual intimidation of teachers, students, financial impropriety leveled against the out going Director General,  of West African Insurance Institute (WAII) based in Banjul, The Gambia, Professor Mike Ikupolati is said to have been orchestrated by some elements in the Banjul based regional institute who want him out by all means. According to […]

By SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN—SPEAKER of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Uyi Igbe, yesterday, declared that the House was proud of the infrastructure development Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s administration has put in place in the three senatorial districts of the state. This comes as the Majority Leader of the House, Mr. Philip Shuaibu, recounted how the […]

Apple’s most recent tablet, iPad Air has finally debuted in Nigeria through the company’s official representatives, Core Group Africa. Featuring a stunning 9.7-inch Retina display in a new thinner and lighter design, the iPad Air is precision-engineered to weigh just less than 500 grams which makes it  20 percent thinner and 28 percent lighter than […]