Mrs. Yemisi Smart Adeyemi was a newscaster with the Nigerian Television Authority, Ilorin where she met her husband, Senator Smart Adeyemi, who was equally working at the NTA. She left after 10 years of service and now pre – occupies herself with her NGO – Mannah Dew Charity Foundation. In this interview, after donating home equipment to some women in Iyara, Kogi State, she revealed how she copes as a senator’s’ wife and her passion for giving.

LIke other spheres of Nigeria’s national life, the story of the aviation sector from the 1980s to 2011, had been characterised by systemic failure, as there was hardly any airport in the country that met acceptable international standards.

THE joy of thousands of unemployed youths who are currently engaged in the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment programme, SURE-P of the Federal Government knew no bounds when the project was officially launched in Oyo State last Friday.

WHen the Girl Child Education Project, GEP was introduced in Bauchi State, residents and stakeholders in the state breathed a sigh of relief because they felt that a solution has been found to the problem of out of school girls.

Ebere Unachi (not real name) had lost her husband during the infamous 2011 Christmas day bomb blast in Suleja, Niger State. The untimely demise of the father of four left the 38-year old petty trader, with the huge responsibility of taking care of her large home.

Nigerian businessmen in China are bitter over the absence of a consulate in Guangzhou, the commercial nerve centre of China, mostly populated by Africans.

This is a season when people move from one part of the country to another to visit loved ones. In Nigeria as in other parts of West Africa particularly cities, roads would be jammed and the traffic busting its stem. But in more organised and developed chimes, the rail and the airports would witness more human traffic. As much as Nigerians would want to be part of the organised and developed world, they cannot lay claim to that yet as our airports are still work in progress. In fact, there is no gain saying that as a nation, we have out grown the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos as well as local airports across the country.

BY Monday, 16th of December, Christmas shopping had peaked at the popular Mile1 Market in Diobu, Port Harcourt that even the deaf could tell without prompting from the extraordinarily bubbling commercial life. From food items, clothing to toys, jewelries and all shade of wares, each of the hundreds of the congested shops in the market spread in over six acres of land was stuffed to the brim.

THE origin of Christmas is controversial as the precise date of the birth and historicity of Jesus Christ, over the ages, generated so much debate. Christmas, literally meaning the Mass of Christ, is a traditional holiday in the Christian calendar. It takes place on December 25, every year, to commemorate the birth of the progenitor of the Christian faith, Jesus Christ. Christmas is, however, celebrated as a secular holiday throughout the world, including countries with small Christian populations like India.

On Tuesday, December 17, 2013, the Senate and the Federal House of Representatives finally agreed on
the benchmark price of crude to be used as the basis for calculating the expected revenue for 2014. One enthusiastic Senator was quoted to have said that: “While the Senate agreed to settle for the new benchmark, members of the House of Representatives were persuaded to accept the $77.5 offer.