Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Guys jostle to win heart of N64m winner

Winner of an airplane at the MTN Ultimate Wonder promo, Ebube Essien-Garricks, speaks with MAUREEN AZUH on how she became the lucky millionaire and her plans

Stories of a rise from grass to grace, to many people, may be a case of a happy ending in movies and works of fiction. But for Ebube Essien-Garricks, that popular saying is now just as real as the air she breathes.

The 27-year-old student of the Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, is N64m richer. She emerged the winner of a Cessna 182T aircraft in the MTN Ultimate Wonder promo

U.S. envoy: Nigerian leaders must not encourage division for selfish ends

Speaking at a seminar of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Alumni Association of Nigeria , United States Ambassador to Nigeria Ambassador Terence McCulley challenged Nigerian leaders at all levels to ensure the diversity of the country is used to its advantage rather than its disadvantage. Excerpts:

By drawing from such a broad pool of talent, the Humphrey Fellowship programme provides a model of what can be accomplished when people with very different experiences and worldviews come together to learn from one another. In a way, that serves as a microcosm of the topic on which you have asked me to speak today: “Fostering

Champions League – United beaten by Burak strike


Burak Yilmaz was the match winner as Galatasaray kept their Champions League hopes alive with a 1-0 win over Manchester United in Group H.

The striker headed home a 54th minute corner to snare the points at the expense of the under-strength Red Devils with his fifth goal in three matches in the competition.
The hosts had the best of the chances