Features: Thoughts on First Ladyship

Thoughts on First Ladyship

Edifying Elucidations By Okey Ikechukwu. Email, okey.ikechukwu@thisdaylive.com

First Ladyship! Even with no clear conception of the term among those from whom the world inherited it, First Ladyship stands as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar everywhere. Thus the Americans who began the tradition, and who transmitted its more modern version, are under
pressure to redefine it.

 

Ouch! We are not Nigerians, the Williams Sisters Insist

Williams Sisters Debunk Nigeria Connection, Insist: We Are Full-blooded Americans

 

Williams Sisters

By Kunle Adewale

Against the backdrop of insinuations that the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, have their origin from Nigeria, the sisters have debunked the claim, insisting they are Americans.

While reacting to a question at a media parley Wednesday at the Federal Palace Hotel on whether they originated from Badagry, in Lagos, the sisters who were in company of their mother, Oracene Price, said: "We surely have an African roots, but we are from America. My mum just named our late cousin, Yetunde, after a Nigerian, but from America," Venus affirmed with a grin on her face

Di Matteo: Cup Win Justice for Sunday's Injustice

Di Matteo: Cup Win Justice for Sunday

 

Chelsea celebrating their League Cup victory over Manchester United

Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo said his team's 5-4 League Cup win against Manchester United emphasised his view that Sunday's result was unjust.

The nine-man Blues lost 3-2 to United at the weekend with Javier Hernandez's winner coming from an offside position.

Disney Buys Firm Behind Star Wars

Disney Buys Firm Behind Star Wars

George Lucas says Star Wars would live on and flourish with Disney

BBC

Disney is buying Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars films, from its chairman and founder George Lucas for $4.05bn (£2.5bn).

Lucas said: "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of film-makers."

In a statement announcing the purchase, Disney said it planned to release a new Star Wars film, episode seven, in 2015.

Rage of Strange Fire In Lagos

Rage of Strange Fire In Lagos

As Nigerians grapple with flood disaster across the country, Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that outbreak of fire disaster is baring its teeth on Nigerians, even when the harmattan season is still months away

The fire starts small. The people rescued themselves first before their goods. But, hours after the fire incidents, they counted losses in millions of naira.

Gunmen Kill 20 in Zamfara Robbery

Gunmen Kill 20 in Zamfara Robbery

 

The National Chairman of the All Nigeria People's Party, Ogbonnaya Onu.

By Chiemelie Ezeobi, with agency reports

Some bandits, in a rage on Tuesday, attacked some communities in Zamafara State, killing 20 people. This area has perennially been plagued by violent clashes between vigilante and criminal groups, an official said.

“Twenty people were killed today (Tuesday) and two others were badly hurt by a gang of bandits in a raid on Kaboro village,” the state government spokesman Nuhu Salihu Anka, told AFP.

Why Ministers of State for Power, Niger Delta Were Swapped

Why Ministers of State for Power, Niger Delta Were Swapped

 

President Goodluck Jonathan

By Muhammad Bello and Chineme Okafor

President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday rejigged his cabinet by swapping the portfolios of two ministers of state.
In the minor cabinet reshuffle announced during the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja, Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi, was moved to the Ministry of Power in the same capacity.