THE move by the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to introduce online registration and call-up of prospective Corps members has raised a lot of controversy which, if not quickly addressed, might affect the activities of the organisation.

By  Abdulwahab Abdulah Against the backdrop of criticisms trailing the judgment of the Federal High court which sentenced some Boko Haram members to prison terms, Lagos State government yesterday explained that the convicts were yet to carry out an act of terrorism. At a briefing by the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,  Mr. […]

The bodies of two passengers of a wooden boat that capsised, Wednesday night, in Igando area of Lagos, were recovered yesterday. They were identified as those of one Fatima, a female and Mr. Idowu Lawal.

Reprieve came the way of erstwhile chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, yesterday as an Abuja High Court in Maitama discharged and acquitted him from the 17-count criminal charge preferred against him by Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.

A 23-year-old man, identified as Lucky Sunday, has allegedly committed suicide as his lifeless body was, yesterday, found hanging from the ceiling in a room at Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Senate President, David Mark, has called for power shift from the Tiv speaking area of Benue State to the Idoma area.

The last few days have witnessed intensive consultations and lobbying by the over 25 governorship aspirants in Benue state ahead of the 2015 governorship election.

The unfolding troubles in Ekiti State were long predicted. The state had between 2003 and 2007 earned for itself the sobriquet of being a theatre of Ekiti politically absurd has again reclaimed its slot in the ranks of the politically odious.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has endorsed Amaju Pinnick as Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president.

Before now, matters of who succeeds the incumbent Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan were discussed in hushed tones, with the fear of heating up the polity.

EID-l-Adha is a festival of sacrifice in Islam. It is also known as ‘Eidul kabir’. It is celebrated on the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah by Muslims world-over. According to majority of scholars, it is obligatory Sunnah. The days of sacrifice are 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Dhul-Hijjah.

Mr Imeh Usuah, a heroically honest taxi driver who returned N18 million that was left in his cab by a foreigner; Mr Onuh Isaac Michael, the diligent Chief Steward at the Presidential Villa, who has served nine Heads of State; Corporal Solomon Dauda, a dancing Abuja traffic warden who approaches his duties with a cheerful dedication that puts smiles on the faces of the motorists he entertains; and Mr Taiwo Akinkunmi, an elderly gent who designed our flag.

The governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko yesterday afternoon pitched his political camp with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ending several weeks of speculation over his political future.

THE planners and controllers of the Nigerian economy will proudly tell anyone who cares to listen that the Nigerian economy is the preferred destination of investors from different parts of the world.This is in spite of the fact, that we are a nation in war.

DR. Clayton Christensen, Harvard School of Business professor and author of The Innovative University, defines a disruptive innovation as “a product or service that may not be the highest quality, but which rattles the status quo by succeeding in its simplicity, convenience, accessibility, or affordability. It targets a job that needs to be done, providing just good enough performance as to appeal to an underserved or even non-existent consumer in the current marketplace.”