FOR indigenes of Angwan Sakwai, a rural community in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Friday, March 14, 2014, would remain a sad day to remember.

WE live in volatile times. With economies all around the world caving in on them, causing ripple effects that spread throughout our increasingly global planet, investors and governments alike are frantically searching for signs of hope. And many are finding that hope in a region with its own share of rocky histories and failed economies.

IT could pass for another yearly ritual- the birthday of David Mark- which comes up on Tuesday, April 8. But, somehow, the ritual has not lost its quintessence. It has continued to reinforce its profound meaning in the context of the values that he has added to the high office of the President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Road accidents do not just happen, they are caused.
Given the fact that Nigeria has the highest road accidents rate as well as the largest number of deaths per 10,000 vehicles, one may be tempted to believe that the level of awareness on the causes of road traffic accidents is very low among Nigerians.

DESPITE being regarded as an important tool for economic growth, Nigerian highways are dreaded by both the low and mighty. Their death-trap conditions are enough to make people avoid using them, yet they are rarely avoided particularly by the commoners, who ply them daily to various parts of the country.

THE rate of sexual abuse among young people in schools and churches in Nigeria is increasing at an alarming rate. Lagos which is believed to have the highest prevalence of cases of rape and child abuse, has already embarked upon stern measures to stem this ungodly development.

Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.

CHARLES KUMOLU navigates through the aviation sector before 2011 till date and writes that it would be in the interest of the Federal Government to sustain the gains recorded in the sector lately.

SUCCOUR recently came the way of transporters in Kwara State as Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed injected 100 taxi cabs into the system. This gesture was made under the auspices of the Shared Prosperity agenda of the Governor Ahmed-led administration which deliberately targets the overall improved well being of the people of the state by developing every sector of the economy.

Governor Aliyu Wamakko, according to many Sokoto State people, has transformed the state to Makkah of a sort. Were those people talking out of sentiments? The former Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Mallam Nasir Danladi Bako, who is currently the state Commissioner for Information, said, “By the time I take you round, what you see will be the answer to what you seek to know on the part of the government.”

SATURDAY, March 15, 2014 would remain a sad day in the mind of many Nigerians on account of the about 15 Nigerians who lost their lives and several others injured in their quest for gainful employment into the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS. Tragedy struck when there was a stampede and several of the already fatigued applicants were trampled to death, while others simply passed out.

THE conduct of last Saturday’s recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Immigration Service,NIS, has passed a vote of no confidence on the Ministry of Interior and the NIS. CHARLES KUMOLU, who witnessed the exercise in Lagos, writes.

MR. Obinna Chukwuezie, a Youth Employment Practitioner and founder of Journalists Initiative for Youth Empowerment in this interview, argues that the Ministry of Interior and the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, should be held responsible for the manner in which the recent recruitment exercise into the NIS was conducted.

SATURDAY, March 15, 2014 would remain a sad day in the mind of many Nigerians on account of the about 15 Nigerians who lost their lives and several others injured in their quest for gainful employment into the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS. Tragedy struck when there was a stampede and several of the already fatigued applicants were trampled to death, while others simply passed out.

Nollywood industry is globally acclaimed as the third largest film industry sparingly highlighting talents and creativity making the Nigerian youths to be recognized as intelligent and distinct. It is also acknowledged that broadcast media’s survival depends more on the quality of products produced.