The celebrity cult – Ray Ekpu
I do not want to get lost in a definitional quagmire between fame and celebrity. Some people may think that there is really no difference between them. Others think the line is very, very thin....
Monthly Archive: February 2018
10 senators face sanctions over elections order
Ten senators are facing sanctions over their stand on the amendment of the Electoral Act. They may be suspended. The controversial amendment reordered the sequence of elections. It placed the Senate and the House...
Dana Air: Another disaster averted
A Dana aircraft overshot the runway while landing at Port Harcourt international airport on Tuesday. An aircraft overshoots the runway when it moves past a specified point unintentionally. The Cable reports that the aircraft,...
BBNaija: Big Brother bans housemates from smoking, taking alcohol
Big Brother has banned housemates from drinking alcohol, smoking and using swear words in the house till Friday. The temporary ban on abusive language and intoxication was announced by Miracle, the new head of...
BBNaija: Nigerians mock Cee-c as Tobi dumps her
The romance between Big brother housemates, Cee-C and Tobi seems to have come to an end after Tobi walked away from Cee-C for the first time in 21 days. Tobi who has become a...
BBNaija: Ebuka’s wife reacts to report Cee-C is her younger sister
Wife of Big Brother Naija host, Cynthia Obi-Uchendu, has reacted to reports that one of the housemates, Cee c is related to her. There were reports that Ebuka’s wife is her elder sister. This...
Abia couple sell daughter N400,000 few hours after birth
A couple identified as 35-year-old Ifeanyi and Emmanuel Elijah, 30, have been arrested by the Imo State Police Command for allegedly selling their daughter, Chinecherem, for N400,000, a few hours after delivery. The husband...
Congo: heading back to hell
NO CONFLICT since the 1940s has been bloodier, yet few have been more completely ignored. Estimates of the death toll in Congo between 1998 and 2003 range from roughly 1m to more than 5m—no...
Avoiding Leadership Roadblocks – Beth Armknecht Miller
Several years ago, I was working with a business owner who had become stuck because of the way the company structure was set up. As President and part owner, he had two other partners...
EFCC ‘rejects’ Patience Jonathan’s out-of-court settlement
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly rejected a request by Patience Jonathan, former first lady, to settle out of court in a case involving her and the agency. The agency has...
