By Uche NworahI attended Okechi Precious Osuala and his lovely bride Cordelia Ogbu’s wedding in Abuja recently. The groom, a childhood friend and fellow student at the University of Uyo (Uniuyo) also invited some...
By Prince Charles DicksonThere is this African Riddle and I think it is most appropriate today and for the few words I have. The riddle asks, if you are in a dream and you encounter a Lion about to attack you, what do...
By Roy ChikwemSince the introduction of democracy in Nigeria, Nigerians have experienced first-hand massive election rigging, hooliganism and violence. The introduction of democracy in Nigeria has also produced the...
Six months ago, on a sweltering parade ground in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, Umaru Yar'Adua was sworn in as the president of Africa's most populous nation - the first time one civilian leader had taken over...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Dimeji Bankole, is advocating a review of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act for better performance by the commission. He has, therefore, directed...
Oceanic Bank International Plc has won the 2007 Nigerian Bank of the Year Award. At the award ceremony organised by The Banker magazine, a subsidiary of the Financial Times of London in London on Wednesday, Oceanic...
The Chairman of the Nigeria-Cameroun Mixed Commission, Prince Bola Ajibola, on Thursday said it was too late to reverse the handover of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun. He reminded those criticising the action that the...
Prof Pat Utomi has commended Hon. Dimeji Bankole, the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives for his initiative at collaborating with Civil Society to raise the quality of governance and service to the...
A witness in the new case filed against the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, Mr. Mohammed Abdul, aka Katako, on Tuesday told an Ikeja High Court that Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, one of the sons of the...
Following the rejection of the Green tree Accord between Nigeria and Cameroun over the disputed Bakassi Peninsula by the Senate, the United Nations has summoned both countries to New York. The Senate had last week...
A lack of "big thinking" by politicians has stifled a scheme to distribute laptops to children in the developing world, a spokesman has said. Walter Bender of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) said politicians were...
British government through its London Police is to overhaul the ailing Nigeria police for effectiveness and efficiency. The re-organisation of Nigeria police was the outcome of talks between President Umaru...