My intention when I decided to write in defence of the Senate, under the presidency of Senator David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark, was to be, as much as it is possible,  frank and unapologetic of the positions that I would canvass in response to a piece, titled: “Mark’s House of Indolence” written by one Kikiowo Ileowo (I am not sure he ranks among the money men and women in Nigeria-a pun intended-going by his ...

The Honorable David MacRae, retiring Head of Delegation of the European Union in Nigeria and current member of the Board of Trustees of American University of Nigeria, will become Executive Vice President of University Relations and Development of AUN as of October 1, 2013. “We are honored and delighted that Ambassador MacRae has agreed to join our executive team,” said AUN President Margee Ensign.  As a me ...

Umari Ayim and Oluchi Gerald Ibe will  read from their new books  to the Abuja literati at the May 25 edition of the long-running Guest Writer Session , an intervention by the Abuja Writers Forum (AWF). Ms Ayim who is the author of Twilight At Terracotta Indigo (novel) recently published her maiden poetry collection, Inside My Head which won the 2012 Prize for Poetry(ANA). Mr Ibe, author of  Road To Biafra, ...

The academic community would pay special tributes to late Professor Chinua Achebe as the University of Nigeria Nsukka hosts a special Senate session and academic procession for the late faculty member on May 21, 2013. The Achebe Tribute Senate Session would hold at the Enugu Campus of the multi-campus University of Nigeria. It is part of activities for the national funeral of the famed author of the epochal ...

For the first time, Nigerian television is centred on young business people and how they go through the challenges of entrepreneurship and business. The top 16 contestants come from across the country and their businesses are as diverse as they are. However, they have one thing in common, they are all out to win the top prize of 5 million Naira, a brand new car and lasting business support from some of Nige ...

By Walter Chike A High Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo state Capital has sentenced eight (8) persons to death by hanging for their involvement in the brutal murder of one Nze Dominic Ohamadiaku Duru, an ex-Police officer from Izombe in Oguta Local Government Area of the state. High Court 7, Owerri, presided over by Hon. Justice C.M.I. Egole found the accused persons guilty of murder, following an overwhelm ...

The EFCC has arrested a 33-year-old man, Gift Onyegam, for defrauding a blind teacher, Mrs. Mary Rose Ihekanacho of N830, 000. The victim was deceived through calls purportedly by a former acquaintance, Patrick Abah, a fellow she met during her National Youth Service orientation in 2009, into making the payments to enable her secure employment for her son with Shell Petroleum Company in Port Harcourt. The s ...

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has abducted women and children in response to the arrest of its members' wives and children, it says. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video, showing women and children purportedly being held. If confirmed, these would be the first Nigerians taken hostage by Boko Haram. In the video, Mr Shekau also said the group was behind two recent attacks in the ...

Former Vice President and founder of American University of Nigeria, Yola (AUN), Atiku Abubakar and American Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Terence P. McCulley at the 2013 AUN graduation dinner in Yola, Adamawa State weekend. A cross section of graduates at the 2013 graduation ceremony of the American University of Nigeria, Yola (AUN) in Yola, Adamawa State weekend   ...

President Goodluck Jonathan has deplored yesterday’s attack by armed terrorists on Bama, Borno State which claimed scores of lives.Reports said 55 people were killed in the attacks. President Jonathan believes that the continuation of such callous and wanton attacks of innocent Nigerians, government facilities and security formations flies in the face of ongoing efforts to establish a workable framework for ...