When the story of Bi-Courtney Air Services’ take-over bid of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) hit newspaper front pages about a fortnight ago, my initial impulse was to support the sentiments being propped up by the various unions operating at the airport.

A COUPLE of weeks back, news broke of how a number of young people were caught, who had connived to kidnap some ministers and others whom they thought had the ability to cough up the tens of millions they had planned to take from stakeholders.

University of South Florida in Tampa, survived two frightening stampede, mid-day on Monday the 5th of October, 2009. On that day, a person phoned the university police, reporting that a bomb had been planted on campus. Some security precautions were taken, and later a person was arrested for making a false report.

By Owei Lakemfa I WAS not at last Thursday’s 49th Independence celebrations held by our leaders. I know I was not missed. Almost all of us ordinary citizens were not there, either physically or in spirit. We were not missed. The important thing was that our leaders had fun, congratulated themselves and remembered to thank […]

THE constitutional role of the Deputy Governor is to be there to continue where the Governor is stopped by reason of death, impeachment or any other disability.

THERE is something definitely rotten about Nigeria which comes from the very top of governance. Considering the high concentration of power at the centre, such rot is bound to and does have spiralling effects on other members of society well beyond its point of origin.

Wednesday, I was a member of a panel put together by Vanguard Newspapers to discuss the way forward for Nigeria football.

This week, we will conclude the series of articles on “The Putrid Mess Also in CBN!” with an examination of the misguided application of the Central Bank’s instruments of control, and wonder why these wrongheaded policy measures were not subjected to the simple test of whether or not they were in conformity with commonsense!

Hi readers! If the first three ceremonies to mark the wedding of Shola’s son were great, the last one, which was the reception for the wedding proper, was simply fantastic.

0803-787-1553: Presido, ASUU is as guilty as the government. In a recent interview, two graduates couldn’t write one million, twenty thousand and six naira in figures! O.

HARMONY is a necessary ingredient to happiness and while no one has a tried and tested formula for everlasting happiness, living harmoniously is half the battle.
Living in harmony with the elements means embracing the environment and adapting our needs to what is readily available.

Now, although the analogy between the growth trajectory or pattern of a human being and a country can be taken too far if care is not taken, it is legitimate to expect that at 49, a country should have sorted out certain fundamentals of nation-building in its evolutionary development.

The best thing is for a couple to plan their wedding according to what they and their families can easily afford together

Nigeria has not managed to transcend the history of its colonial origins

We called ourselves Otu-Ibo and that has stuck to date