VIDEO DISCUSSION

Infidelity

 
Read the 2nd part: Are men allowed to cheat?

NEWS

Hungary: Racism must be uprooted

Mátyás Szeli

Gibril Deen addressing the audience

 Cheer, don’t boo! – is the message of the conference organised on the elimination of exclusion. The Hungarian Football Association (HFA) and the Mahatma Gandhi Human Rights Organisation organised the conference “SPIN – Sport for Social Inclusion and for the Elimination of Racism in Football”.

TRAVEL

Govt  flays foreign airlines' treatment of Nigerians
By John Ameh, Abuja

Aviation minister, Mrs Stella Odua

The House of Representatives on Wednesday criticised the operations of foreign airlines in Nigeria, particularly their high fares and alleged maltreatment of Nigerian passengers. A motion sponsored by Mr. Emmanuel Ekon and 31 others also frowned on the practice of spraying insecticides on Nigerian passengers before take-off. 

COMMENTARY

Nigeria & the valley of the shadow of death  
By Odimegwu Onwumere

There are a lot of works to do. Some people have found themselves in avoidable circumstances. They no longer care for the welfare of their culture and humanity. They no longer believe that culture and humanity relate to community, but individual.

OPINION

The tribal support of gargantuan crimes 

Kofi Akosah-Sarpong 

The mind-set of fifteen traditional chiefs and queen-mothers, from the Tongu area in Ghana's Volta Region, descending on the National Police Headquarters in Accra, to sympathize with their tribes-man, Alfred Woyome, who was being held over financial crimes of about US$40 million, is disturbing and lacks depth; impinging on Ghana's ethnic cohesion and values, and threatening Ghana's justice system.

GENERAL NEWS

Somalia: Building better future with global help

A viable political process emerged as the key objective of the London Conference on Somalia. ( Resource: World Leaders Pledge Help For Somalia

COMMENTARY

Ikemba II & the politicization of Igbo tradition

 By Odimegwu Onwumere

It’s not only theatrical, but also profanity that one of the sons of the deeply revered late Igbo Icon, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Ikemba Nnewi, has unwittingly chosen to haul the corridor of disrepute.

VIDEO NEWS

Obasanjo wants wealth created via agribusiness 

NEWS IN BRIEF

Recession returning to Europe

No growth for Italy and Spain, says Bob Parker, senior Advisor, Credit Suisse. But Germany to avoid recession. 

COMMENTARY

Nigeria: Unitary, not united

By Pini Jasaon

THE call for National Conference has received several reactions, including opposition, from Nigerians. Those opposed to a National Conference fall into three main categories: Those who subscribe to the doctrine of "settled issues", those who say it would be used to dismantle the Nigerian state and those who believe that it is aimed at further weakening the stranglehold of the North on the nation. 

EDUCATION

Lady, 26, emerges UNILAG's youngest PhD graduate… another breaks academic record
By Segun Olugbile 
 

For two days last week, the University of Lagos organised convocation for its 3,224 graduating students. SEGUN OLUGBILE in this report highlights how two 26-year-old students made history. Both Olabisi Adeyemi and Iziren Akhigbe share the same thing in common. They were born 26 years ago and are also brilliant. 

OPINION

Gay rights in Cameroon 
By: Hywel Sedgwick-Jell

Gay rights - or lack thereof - in sub-Saharan Africa (and indeed, parts of Asia and the Middle East) are becoming an increasing cause for concern among human rights groups, campaigners and forward thinking governments around the world. Many states punish those perceived as homosexual with hefty fines, lengthy prison sentences, torture, and sometimes even death.

OPINION

Fashion was born in Africa

By Ciku Kimani

  One of my daughters has a natural Mohawk -- she has the cutest scattered hair, which is kind of concentrated in the middle of her head, from the front to back.

ANALYSIS

Escaping Africa, a new dawn for French policy? 

Richard Dowden

Africa - except as an immigration issue - is unlikely to feature prominently in the forthcoming French Presidential election. But the continent remains a vital part of French politics. From independence Africa was the buttress for France's claim to be a global leader. French Africa policy was conducted by the presidency. Like a parallel government, teams directly responsible to the president ran foreign, defence, finance and aid ministries for Francophone Africa, separate from the normal government ministries.

ANALYSIS

Africa: development still comes at freedom's expense 

By Mohamed Keita

Journalists in Nairobi demonstrate

Tommo Monthe, a seasoned Cameroonian diplomat, appeared at a human rights forum alongside the U.N. high commissioner for human rights and extolled the primacy of ... development.

HEALTH & MARRIAGE

Does marriage cause women to gain weight?

By Perpetual Umeaku

It is common knowledge that weight, either gain or loss is a widely discussed issue in marriage especially as it affects women. Researchers have shown that changes in weight affect both women and men in different ways. They said that women gain more weight after they are married while men add weight after they are divorced, giving diverse and intriguing reasons. Basically, this subject is largely centred on ladies because more often than not, it is the man who expresses his choice of who he wants to date or who he wishes to marry, whether slim or fat.