Men do suffer from emotional abuse
Matthew Gansallo walked to my office and told me that he was going to write a book to help men who have been going through emotional abuse. I sense there was more to his intent. Matthew Olaseni Gansello, you see, is qualified in the history of art, fine art and architecture and is building an international education consultancy. Although, he lives in London, he is very much a Nigerian and has a vested interest in the Nigerian community.
Ibom deep sea port will bring back all Nigerian bound cargoes — Usoro
The Chairperson of Ibom Deep Seaport Implementation Committee, Mrs. Mfon Ekong Usoro, who is also the pioneer Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the current the Secretary General of the West and Central Africa Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, spoke to Sunday Vanguard’s Godfrey Bivbere, of efforts at the completion of the deep sea port, challenges so far and many more.
A critical phenomenology of Christmas (1)
Five days from now, it would be Christmas once again, an indication of the cyclic nature of time. As usual with the weeks and days leading up to it, preparations for the celebrations are gathering momentum in all the nooks and crannies of the globe. In the major cities of Nigeria, Santa Claus’s white-bearded cheery face is emblazoned at shop entrances and windows.
Ministerial appointment: ‘Buhari is taking the tried and true approach’
President Muhammed Buhari’s appointment of Babatunde Fashola as Minister of Power, Works and Housing was recently described as a “masterstroke” in one of the daily newspapers.
Abia Warriors unveil Boboye as new manager
Abia Warriors Football Club of Umuahia have unveiled the immediate past Chief Coach of Sunshine Stars of Akure, Kennedy Boboye as its new Manager.
Intriguing lifestyle of Abuja churches:‘Daddies’,‘First Ladies’
Gone are those days when church signposts bore just the name of the church. These days, the average church billboard is incomplete without a conspicuous picture of the pastor and his wife. The remaining space is left for the name of the church and time and days of meeting.
Drogba returns to Stamford Bridge
Former Chelsea star Didier Drogba joined new interim boss Guus Hiddink in Roman Abramovich’s Stamford Bridge box yesterday.
Drogba, who now plays for MLS side Montreal Impact, is currently enjoying his off-season break and sat in between Hiddink and Abramovich for the match against Sunderland.
Van Gaal: I fear for my job
Louis van Gaal has conceded his job is on the line after Manchester United suffered a third straight defeat in losing 2-1 to Norwich City at Old Trafford.
Customs raids smugglers’ forest, intercepts trucks load of rice
In line with the policy of the Federal Government to curtail smuggling of contra-band items into the country through the border lines, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun Command, stormed a forest along Kishi- Igbeti area of Oyo State and intercepted five long trucks fully loaded with foreign rice, brought illegally into the country by smugglers.
When it pays the husband to look the other way
Some couple of years back, Hector, a fifty-one year-old businessman and a colleague took up his daily paper at the breakfast table and gave an involuntary yelp when he got to the obituaries.
I led robbers to my client’s house to steal rare software in laptop
An Information Communication Technology, ICT, expert in Lagos, Emma Osim, arrested for robbery, has confessed that his victim was an unsuspecting client.
