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When I encountered the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, in Abuja about three weeks ago at his hotel room, he was discussing with an estate agent who was trying to secure for him accommodation to rent at his personal expense. Coming at a period in which many...

Saturday, August 11, 2012 SHOULD a man's trousers slip down his legs in the full glare of a busy street, the frantic attempt to redeem the situation almost always results in greater "calamity": the elongation of his rear end (buttocks) while bending to reach the errant trousers! It...

After many speculations on where the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, are getting the weapons they frequently use to unleash terror in the north-eastern states of Nigeria and Abuja, their main sources have been unveiled. According to US network TV NBC, most of the Islamic...

When sizing up your resume, recruiters estimated they spend 4 to 5 minutes on average staring at it. Turns out, though, they’re wrong. Very wrong, according to jobs-matching service TheLadders. TheLadders used “eye-tracking” software to study the way recruiters actually vet resumes....

Have you ever posted a Facebook status that garnered few if any likes or comments? Did you spend the rest of the day feeling rejected, lonely and unhappy as a result? That's OK. In fact, according to science, it's totally normal. Researchers from The University of Queensland in Australia...

Choices are never easy, especially when it comes to life's big ones. Phoebe, 39, came to see me one day, distraught after learning from a doctor that she might not be able to conceive. "How long have you been trying?" I asked. "On and off for eight months," she told me. Even though...