It used to be worse, in the time past; but it could be better than it is now: What widows go through inspite of the influence of religion and western culture.

BENIN- THE final rite de passage of the late political icon, Chief Anthony Eromonsele Enahoro who passed on to glory on the 15th of December 2010 began at the Sam Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin Wednesday with Nigerians from all walks of life paying tributes to him.

OUTGOING Commissioner of Police (CP) of Lagos state, Mr. Marvel Akpoyibo yesterday revealed that policing the nation’s commercial nerve center was no tea party.

They may not have escaped yet. In fact, hard times await them. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), does not have plans to drop charges against politicians who are currently undergoing trials in various courts across the country.

IT will be laying the truth on the head for anybody to claim that Ayakoromor, the country-home of wanted militant leader, “General” John Togo, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, was not torn down by the Joint Task Force (JTF), on the Niger-Delta when soldiers invaded the town in search of Togo, last December.

Number 45 Owolabi Street, Okota, Lagos is a one-storey building that leaves no clue about its inhabitants.

Mixing theory with praxis (the practical) has always been a difficult, perennially daunting proposition. When he is on the outside looking in, the intellectual has well defined targets. In this position he or she is like a football fanatic on the stadium stand criticizing the team coach or the referee. When the same person is landed the manager’s badge or the referee’s whistle it suddenly becomes a whole new ball game.

WHEN the telecom operators started business in Nigeria, the issue of reduction in tariff was a no-go area. They would readily hand out reasons why it could not be possible. Chief among the reasons was the poor power generation which saw them operating at a huge cost running on self generated power source.

A CABLE recently released by Wikileaks paints a portrait of the extent to which powerful oil giant, Shell, was involved in the political schemes in Nigeria. The US ambassador routinely contacted Shell to discuss important political and economic developments in Nigeria.

Certain businesses will continue to add value to the well-being of humanity despite their conceptualisation by individuals. Welding business is one of such businesses. For those who still commonise the practice, the Nigerian Institute of Welding, a non-governmental organisation and a part of the global body of professionals working towards the development and advancement of global and national industrial advancement through welding technology has vowed to bring back the dignity of its practitioners and as well make welding a respectable job for all who want to make a career in the field.

The much-anticipated registration of voters commenced nationwide penultimate Saturday to a rather disappointing start
as most prospective voters left the registration centres disappointed because the finger-print capturing component of the Direct Data Capturing (DDC), machine failed to capture most of the finger-prints of registrants.

The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Alhaji Idi Farouk, in this interview with Sunday Vanguard, expresses optimism that the ongoing nationwide voter registration would be successful, and best ever in the history of the nation.
Farouk, who also spoke on the level of enlightenment campaigns carried out by the agency so far, said the initial challenges were normal and which, according to him, the Federal Government has already addressed.

IN the beginning….IT is an irony of fate that a region that, in many ways, pioneered tertiary education in Nigeria is now a subject of national ridicule due to a six-month old strike by lecturers in universities under the control of its five state governments.

“This is because there are a lot of able bodied young school leavers who are responsible for taking care of their families and they deserve the right to make legitimate income. But if they see that government is always seizing our goods, they will not want to take that risk. So a lot of them are taking to crime.”

Smuggling refers to the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a certain point, or across international borders, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. It is also defined as an act of importing or exporting goods illegally.