As a principle, the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Kutigi, rarely grants press interviews because he abhors cheap publicity. But the exigency of the protracted crisis in the judiciary and the resilience of LEADERSHIP SUNDAY made h...
The British Department for International Development (DFID) is reviewing its support to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the April general elections. Dr Garth Glentwood, the organisation’s Head of Governan...
True, the current revelations by spy cable Wikileaks has ruffled feathers all over the world and revealed that no country’s secret is truly ‘safe’. In this write-up, SHUAIB SHUAIB, carefully considers what this means for Nigeri...
The Senate is back, apparently with renewed vigour to confront the myriad of problems confronting the nation, most of which piled while they were away. Though they all agree that the amendment of the 1999 constitution would top their priority, UCHENNA ...
The impending arraignment of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos State Governor and leader of Action Congress of Nigeria by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) is heightening tension and generating several conspiracy theories, writes OLAOLU OLADIPO &n...
The plan of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA)to demolish all illegal structures within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may yet be a tall dream, as many of these settlements which were pulled down by the development control, always sp...
Salma Mohammed is the head, corporate services, Aso Savings and Loans. The banker, who considers herself a behavioural psychologist at heart spoke to BLESSING UKEMENA about her life, passion, work . . . The only child to a Nigerian fathe...
Hebrews 3:3-6; Psalms 116:16; 119:125; 143:12; Revelation 22:3-5 Many people do not know how glorious and wonderful it is to be a servant of God. They do not appreciate the profit, privilege and promise that Christian servants enjoy. Such...
Today,Manchester United take on Chelsea in Old Trafford, in the biggest game of the season so far. After losing to the ‘Red Devils’ three times last season (twice in the Champions League and once in the Premier League, with two of th...
Two years after he turned his back on French football, Nigerian defender, Rabiu Afolabi, 31, has returned to AS Monaco with the aim to help the club regain top flight status in no time after they were demoted last season. Besides playing f...
Nobody plays against Novak Djokovic and starts as a favourite. That’s how hot he is presently. The Serbian overpowered powerful-serving Spaniard Rafael Nadal during the week,in the US Open final, to add to his trophy cabinet and make it ba...
Nigeria’s entertainment industry is filled with talented, famous, beautiful, endowed divas who inspire and make other folks happy, but are either divorced, unhappy, unmarried or of 'unexplainable' status.
The aggressive advertising by telecommunication operators and telemarketing companies in Nigeria has left a sore taste in the mouth of many Nigerians as unsolicited messages have now turned to a nuisance to most of the populace. Nowadays a wide ...
Constantly regarded by many as a pace-setter for the good, the bad and the ugly in labour matters, Enugu can be rightly termed “the labour capital” of Nigeria. It was in Enugu that the police shot at strikin...
Information is power. That is a truism. In realisation of this, it is expedient to take a cursory look at the advent of the internet and the upstaging of world governments just as in recent and ongoing wikileaks revelations. Even Nigeria was not...