Atiku's Running Mate: WE ARE YET TO ADOPT WIKE, PROCESS STILL ON-GOING......PDP Spokesman

By Desmond Ukandu (Politics Editor)

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, said the opposition party was yet to agree and confirm who among the contenders would be the Vice Presidential candidate to pair with it's flagbearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 Presidential election.

ATIKU, OBI AND THE ROAD TO KILIMANJARO

By Azu Ishiekwene

Former vice president and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said on Monday that Nigeria was the bigger loser in last week’s decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. That was a convenient exaggeration to hide his misery.

Atiku: WHAT MANNER OF UNIFIER?

By Frederick Nwabufo

Atiku Abubakar’s campaign motif is vacant of imagination. His ‘One Nigeria campaign’ theme is also destitute of originality and sincerity. Personally, I feel insulted and trolled. And I feel plagiarised. I would explain why.

ATUEGBU SAW ODUAH AND JAPA

By Emeka Obasi

Leading Vipers of Benin to Challenge Cup glory was all that Victor Oduah needed to wear the Green Eagles captain's band ahead of senior players like Ken Olayombo and Tony Igwe. It was evening time for substantive captain Godwin Achebe.

AU MEMBER-STATES COMMIT TO IMPLEMENTATION OF AFRICA'S ASSET RECOVERY AGENDA

• * Moves To Facilitate Consultations With Regional Banks To Establish Escrow Accounts

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

An extended Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR) Working Group, with more African Union (AU) member-states including Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi and Senegal, has joined pan-African institutions mandated by the AU Assembly to actively further the implementation of CAPAR.

AUGUST/SEPT 2020 WAEC RESULT TO BE RELEASED NEXT WEEK

By Hamid Abdullahi (MDA/Education Reporter)

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said the results of the post-covid-19 August/September 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination would be released next week.

AUTOMATION, NEXT STAGE OF SERVICE DELIVERY IN PUBLIC SECTOR, SAYS NCC BOSS, DANBATTA

• * As SERVICOM Commends NCC

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said leveraging the potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to automate service delivery should be the next frontier of excellent service delivery to Nigerians by public institutions.

AVOIDING THE COMING DEATHS IN 2027 ELECTIONS

By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D

Inevitable deaths are in the offing in 2027. Those familiar with Nigeria’s electoral mythology, history and patterns, know that 2027 general elections will be a harbinger of death, powered by electoral violence. It will take a miracle to escape what will playout. People will die. Nigerians will perish.

AYU ADMITS COLLECTING N100M FROM PDP GOV AS ALLEGED BY GOV WIKE

• * Clarifies N1bn Allegation

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has admitted collecting N100 million from a governor.

AYU HEADS TO COURT TO CHALLENGE REMOVAL AS PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, who stepped aside from his position on Tuesday, is set to fight his suspension by a Benue State High Court, Makurdi on Monday.

Azu's Book On Monetising Media Writing: AN ENTERPRENEUR'S PERSPECTIVE

By Max Amuchie

In December last year on my last day of work before Christmas I sat alone in my office in Abuja reflecting on my life's journey. I thought about my years in the media especially the few years since one ventured into entrepreneurship. I remembered my post on Facebook in June 2015 announcing my resignation as Managing Editor at Leadership Newspaper and the planned unveiling the following month of Sundiata Post as an online newspaper. I thought about the people whose paths I have crossed in the media. I reflected on the statement made by Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (Rtd) when as Military Governor of Kaduna State in the late 1980s he said he could follow then Military President Ibrahim Babangida to war blindfolded. That was a deep statement of loyalty. Never mind that Col. Umar recanted after the annulment of the 12 June 1993 election in which the late MKO Abiola won. I thought about the people that have made so much impact on my life and wondered if there was any of them I could follow to war blindfolded.

AZU'S TALISMAN FOR MEDIA ADVENTURERS

By Louis Odion

“So, what do I get for my labour and when?”

That was often the next question by the hitherto “public-spirited” contributor who, after getting published twice or thrice, had apparently started to bask in sudden “fame.” S/he would become less shy

Babangida At 80: THE BURDEN OF NIGERIA'S PAST MILITARY HEADS OF STATE

By Ezeh Jude O.

Almost all our past leaders on khaki do evoke some sort of situational irony each time they discuss burning national issues from their respective retirement homes. They suddenly become 'omniscient,' proffering solutions to all the problems facing us as a country, (even though their missteps in office visited most of these misfortunes upon us), and they would want their predecessors to heed their advice and fix them with magic wands.

Bad Book: HOW TO HOLD A GRUDGE AND RESENT SOMEBODY

By Sophie Hannah

In "How to Hold a Grudge: From Resentment to Contentment - The Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life," Sophie Hannah presents a thought-provoking exploration of grudges and their potential benefits.

Bad Marriage: A STRAIGHT TALK ON DIVORCE

By Michael West

If marriage is run the way God the Initiator had ordained it from the beginning, there would not be the need for separation or divorce. Human failure to imbibe the culture of love, tolerance, patience and forgiveness upon which relationships are built, engenders hostility and bitterness which do manifest as abuse and violence in marital relationships.

Bad Marriage: A PROFITABLE DEAL TO SELFISH PARENTS, IN-LAWS

By Michael West

New Telegraph March 25, 2022

There are parents and there are good parents! There are parents who can lay down their lives in defence of their children. Such parents don't mind to go naked in order to clothe their children.

Bad Marriage: MAN BURNS WIFE, BROTHER-IN-LAW TO DEATH

By Michael West

Last week, a man burnt his wife and her younger brother to death in a bad marriage situation. A close friend of the deceased who is also a relationship coach and a Pastor, Moses Abiola, sent in this write-up to warn against staying too long and keeping quiet in bad marriage situation. Read on:

Bad Marriage: Women are Wailing, Men are Dying!

By Michael West

A foremost Christian faith father expressed his grave concern about the dangerous trend of increasing rate of divorce in the society, and in particular, among Christian couples which is the consequence of bad marriages. In a tone depicting a deep concern, the popular clergy believes that both sexes are endangered species in marital crisis situation that has been leading to tragic deaths of warring spouses.

BADMINTON ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA ZONAL VICE PRESIDENT TASKS SWAN MEMBERS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE FORTUNES OF BADMINTON GAME

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

The zonal Vice President, Badminton Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Nma Kolo has encouraged members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Niger state chapter to come up with ideas that will help in changing the dwindling of fortune sports for the better.

Barred SIM Cards: NCC SAYS BLOCKED SIM CARDS CAN ONLY BE UNBARRED AFTER LINKAGE WITH NIN OF SIM HOLDERS

• * Explains How Affected Telecom Subscribers Can Get Their SIMs Actively Connected To Make Calls.
• Describes Commission's Purported Recruitment Exercise Trending On Twitter As A Scam

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) officially informed telecoms consumers, whose Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards are barred from making calls, that affected the SIMs will not be unbarred by the service providers until they are linked with the National Identification Numbers (NINs) of the SIM holders.