IF only the Head of Labour had heeded the alarm raised by some workers when they spotted a crack on a section of the building at the weekend and drew his attention to it, the tragedy would have been averted.

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, are presently at daggers-drawn with the Police at Benin and Delta States following the mysterious death of two oil workers, Danjuma Bashir and Malabu Abubakar Ahmad, in a bush at Mosogar village, Delta State.

Succor has finally come the way of numerous persons living with the dreaded HIV/AIDS virus, Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and selected destitutes across Benue and parts of Nasarawa State through the bold initiative of the First Lady of Benue State, Mrs. Yemisi Suswam.

“I believe the world is at last coming to end,” so declared a parliamentarian at a bus-stop gathering in Obalende, Lagos last week. Prompted to explain what he meant by this ominous declaration, the parliamentarian who gave his name as Franklin had said thus: “Ah-ah, are you not aware that the whole world is almost at a standstill now because no airline is presently operating in Europe. No plane is flying from anywhere in Europe as I’m speaking to you now.

By Sam EYOBOKA  THE much advertised Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN conference aimed at choosing a new leadership for the umbrella body of Christians in Nigeria may have come and gone but the reverberations will linger for a while yet. The two-day affair at the Ecumenical Centre in Abuja amply demonstrated beyond all reasonable doubt […]

By Bishop David Oyedepo  Last week, I taught on other key manifestations of the supernatural power of praise. This week, I will show you some enemies of praise, as I conclude this series. Murmuring and complaining: No matter how legitimate your reasons may be, avoid murmuring. No reason is acceptable to God for complaining. When […]

APOSTLE Hayford Ikponmwosa Alile, the pioneer Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, chairman of several blue-chip companies including the Oceanic Bank International and the Spiritual Leader of the Saint Joseph’s Chosen Church of God International, SJCCG, was born into Alile family of Benin some 70 years ago. He turned 70 yesterday and in this […]

HE is one of the many stories around the world re-branding Nigeria. Like the typical desperate Nigerian seeking greener pasture, he was sick and tired of the country as there was little or no job opportunities. He got in touch with one or two persons who could be of assistance to travel abroad.

Giving details of the incident, the Police boss said, “On the 30th March, 2010, the command woke up to grapple with the reality of the demise of a suspect in a case of theft at Agodi Divisional Police Headquarters. The command was told that the deceased took ill and was rushed to Adeoyo State Hospital where he was confirmed dead.

General John Shagaya is a serving Senator of the Federal Republic and Chairman of Northern Senators’ Forum . In this interview, the Minister of Internal Affairs in the defunct IBB’s regime speaks on a number of issues including IBB’s return to politics, the Jos crisis and acting President Jonathan’s trip to the United States.

A 37- year-old man identified as Mr. Ayodeji Shokunbo is currently telling detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Panti street Yaba, Lagos how he killed his landlord; one Mr. Sodiq Ganiyu. Angrily

When he walks into Corporate offices, neatly dressed in expensive suite with an identity card conspicuously swinging freely on his neck, one would pass Abubakar Tiza for a Super Sales Representative with any of the highly placed companies in the world

In 1960, I travelled through Ikotu to Benin Republic. Because in 1960, the colonial power was still there. I was trying to compose a book on African legends because no book told us about what happened in the early days of Africa. You can only know about it through legends. And colonialists did not show us anything. So, I thought that getting stories on legends would tell what happened in old Africa.

IT’S like every new day in Nigeria comes with new surprises, each tending to outdo the previous day’s in its degree of absurdity. When you think you’ve seen and heard it all, our politicians spring more bizarre surprises on us, saying to us ‘you ain’t seen nothing yet!’

Residents in Lagos, especially those residing around Okota and Itire areas of the state would soon heave a sigh of relief from the traffic congestion that afflicts that axis, leading to loss of precious man hours daily.