NNEWI—TRADITIONAL marriage is a popular event in Igbo land. Young ladies and men who are getting married use it to bring their friends and well wishers to their homes, to showcase the families where they are coming from unlike before especially in the early 1980s, when it was not as popular as it is today, because at that time, young ladies would bring their suitors to their parents and kinsmen who drew up a list of things to be done, including the dowry to be paid, other expenses to be incurred as well as going to the church to solemnise the marriage.

ABIA State chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, has called on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to effect the payment of their arrears of salary in line with his promise to clear the workers’ salary arrears by end of October.

With the view to increasing the number of quality materials that address issues regarding commercial arbitration in the law profession, a new book titled, ‘Principles & Practice of Commercial Arbitration’ by an expert in Maritime and admiralty law, international trade, oil and gas, commercial law and arbitration, Professor Joseph McCarthy Mbadugha, was presented to the public last week at the Four Point By Sheraton, Lagos.

In a week when it’s been pouring bad luck, the renewal of MTN’s licence must come as a silver lining. It could have been worse. With the company’s shares taking a beating and the JSE investigating it for possible insider trading, who knows if the worst is over?

Residents of Abuja and other neighbouring cities rolled out drums  on Wednesday  to receive the World champions, the Golden Eaglets, at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.  The all-conquering Eaglets arrived the Federal capital territory at about  3pm  aboard an Emirates Airline flight. Ministry of Sport and Youth officials, their Nigeria Football Federation counterparts and […]