The struggle between living and putting a descent meal on the table is a tough one for the common man in Nigeria. No matter how hard he tries, or how far he pushes himself, the tables are not turning favourably for him. He thinks that as nobody seems to notice his ordeal, it must a conspiracy to wipe him out of existence.

“I have been praying for years, yet God has not answered “.These are the words that come to the mouths of some believers who may have been asking God to intervene in their situation through prayer.

Top Nollywood actress cum producer, Funke Akindele, is far from happy at the moment as she says she is tired of writing, playing lead roles and also assisting director in her popular comedy TV show, Jenifa’s Diary.

Armed youths, yesterday, invaded Okpolo-Enwhe community, in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, razing about seven houses.

For most ecclesiastical leaders and theologians, the so-called revealed truths contained in religious scriptures allegedly written under the inspiration of God are unassailable. Indeed, in their reckoning, such “divinely revealed truths” are superior to verifiable information about the objective world generated through scientific investigation. The fundamental problem with religion with respect to truth is that the believer is cocksure that he is right because he has read the truth from a certain holy book and knows, in advance, that nothing will make him change his mind. Therefore, the truth of the holy book is an axiom accepted a priori, not the end product of the process of reasoning or painstaking research.

The Tuesday change of leadership in the Edo State House of Assembly has disrupted the political equation of the state, no doubt about that. While Edo North produced the governor in the person of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Edo South has the deputy governor and Hon. (Mrs) Elizabeth Atvie, just elected Speaker. Edo Central lost it after the former Speaker, Rt. Hon. Tiger Victor Edoror, was impeached and how to appease the Esan now is the headache of the leadership of the APC in the state. But the gladiators in the state House of Assembly who plotted the sack of Edoror are not bothered about that.

Some chieftains of the Peoples Demo-cratic Party (PDP) in Ughelli-North, Delta State have written to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to protest the ward and local government congresses in the area, which they said did not follow due process.

The Nigerian Army said, yesterday, its troops prosecuting the war against terrorism and rescue operations have successfully cleared seven villages of the remnants of Boko Haram.

The vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi has dismissed the monthly FIFA rankings as “too narrow” to give a true reflection of the actual state of a country’s football.

*Says Nigeria remains an exciting destination for business in Africa By Yinka Ajayi Tyler Husby is the Project Manager at Daktronics,  a designing and manufacturing electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems and large screen video displays. In this interview, he shares his company’s focus on LED boards and why they are partnering Optimum Exposures on the […]

In a bid to enhance wealth and job creation, the government of Akwa Ibom is putting measures in place to make the State a cocoa production hub within the entire West African sub-region, targeting over 60,000 hectares of cocoa plantations. To fast track the project, over 30,000 hectares of improved cocoa plantations have been set up across various local government areas of the State, even as more than 35 hectares of palm oil plantations are established in 15 councils of the region.

Newly elected Chairman of Anambra State Football Association, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah has disclosed that he would soon present a roadmap for the development of in the state.

Mrs. Mimi Adzape-Orubibi was, about six months ago, appointed Executive Chairman of Benue Internal Revenue Service, BIRS. In this interview, she speaks about the innovation she introduced to boost tax collection in the state, her challenges and her resolve to ensure accountability, transparency and due process in the collection of taxe and the handling of government funds.

TWO Kenyans, Simon Cheprot and Polline Wanjiku Njeru have won this year’s Okpekpe 10 kilometres race in the male and female categories respectively.
They went home with $15,000 prize money each after finishing in a record time of 29min: 48sec and 33min: 53sec respectively. The silver medals went to Ismail Juma Ballet of Tanzania who finished in a record time of 29min: 50sec and Esther Ndiema of Kenya in 33min: 55sec with a prize money of $10,000 each.

Dr. Paul Angya, the acting Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), in this interview says building collapse in Nigeria has more to do with dishonest construction personnel and business that are willing to cut corners by reducing materials, and he is ready to let you know that 90% of the Nigerian products meet Industrial Standards.