CAPE Town- based Penny Busetto is a writer known for her novel The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself which won the European Union Literary Award 2013 and got to the finals of the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015.

Nigeria, the country bequeathed us by the British colonialists, is beset with problems most of which are attributable to incompetent leadership. In their legitimate quest for positive change, Nigerians voted in large numbers for the All Progressives Congress (APC). I am one of those Nigerians who believe that dredging up a seventy two year old retired soldier, Muhammadu Buhari, to vie for the presidency for an unprecedented fourth time after his brief tenure as military head of state thirty-five years ago is counterproductive and retrogressive.

My Pastor at the Living Faith Church, a.k.a. Winners, Bishop David Oyedepo always inspires me with messages like this one: “You’ll never arrive at a future you’re not prepared for.” That is the truth of life. You must work out results, they just don’t happen and never falls from heaven like manna.

Mobile messaging apps, no doubt, are growing ever more popular – with added social networking features – competing to meet the growing demand for free mobile calling and SMS texting services, across the globe, especially in Nigeria and the rest of the African continent as a result of market demand.

Serena Williams was fined $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct when she smashed her racket repeatedly against the turf after dropping the first set against fellow American Christina McHale at Wimbledon.

Assuring on how best to build safer cities with latest smart public safety devices, software applications, infrastructure and virtual reality-enabled command center concept, -Uzonna Izugbokwe, Ieads channel sales for Motorola Solutions in English Speaking West Africa in this interview with Technology Journalists during the training and engagement sessions for Channel Partners, spoke on how best to use two-way radio communication solutions to save cost, and make businesses more efficient. Stating that Nigeria is a priority market for Motorola, he warned on the dangers of fake products, adding that two-way radio communication devices could be used to reduce security challenges across the country.

These are trying times for many people in our country. Families are struggling to meet financial obligations, jobs remain scare, retrenchment is the order of the day in otherwise viable companies, and several other people have other challenges.

It is over a week now that majority of British voters decided via a referendum that it was time to exit the European Union. The ripples from the outcome of the poll had not settled and there are signs they are not going to settle anytime soon.

They say a week, is a long time in politics. Well, in the UK, it seems like a lifetime way barely over a week, the UK held a referendum and over a million votes to leave the European Union. I wrote about this last week: Better in than out. Admittedly, no one was prepared for the seismic impact that followed when the UK decided to part ways with the EU. This has left a nation divided: the young versus the old, the working class and the graduates; South versus the North, British nationals and Immigrants, fanning the fear and muting exhilaration in some. The dust is beginning to settle and the political landscape is unclear as politicians jostle for positions and creating political turmoil and hara-kiri.

The senior national basketball team, D’Tigers yesterday left the Los Angeles camp in the United States with a 19-man delegation of 13 players and six officials to Beijing, China to participate in the Stankovic Cup .

Joke Jigan is a talented actress who shot into limelight through her movie Bisola Beyonce. Since then she has continued to wow her fans with myriad of roles she plays in movies. In a chat with Potpourri, the sexy actress tells us the role she looks forward to playing.

Newly appointed Algeria coach said his experience with the Black Stars of Ghana will be handy as the North African country battle Cameroon, Nigeria and Zambia for the 2018 World Cup ticket.

WARRI – The Delta State Government has implored investors who pulled out of the state in the past over harsh investment climate to return back with assurance of the current administration’s commitment to provide enabling environment for safe business.

Over the last few days, the news tabloids are awash with negative headlines concerning God’s own state; Abia.

Allied Air Limited, Africa’s leading cargo airline operator, has emerged the first cargo airline in Africa to bag the prestigious IATA Operational Safety Audit, IOSA Certification, issued by the International Air Transport Association, IATA, the trade association of the world’s airlines.