Courageous activist lawyers, writers, etc, such as Prof. Wole Soyinka and Femi Falana make extremely valuable contributions by loudly crying “foul!” and protesting in concrete ways whenever those who rule us misbehave; but these civil rights champions have a limited impact because the “Insiders” who work within our insufficiently democratic system rarely respond appropriately to valid criticisms…

Twenty years after these earth-shaking events, Mandela’s profile continues to grow. This year, the United Nations set aside his birthday to be commemorated eternally. In venerating Mandela, the world is also honouring the heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle particularly those who did not live to see freedom day such as Robert Sobukwe, Ruth First, Solomon Mahlangu, Bram Fischer and the children of Soweto whose blood watered the tree of freedom.

DISTURBED by the abysmal performance of the party in last Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South East zone has set up a reconciliation committee made up of top stakeholders to reposition the party ahead of the 2011 general elections.

AFTER spending barely five days in captivity, the daughter of the Ondo State Works Commissioner, Miss Yemi Omogunwa has been released by her abductors.

THE National Assembly proved Tuesday it knew what to do, to resolve the political logjam that besieged the nation since last November 23, when the President went on indeterminate medical vacation.

THE British Government and the African Union, yesterday, commended Nigeria for resolving the power logjam that resulted from absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua, currently receiving medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, by installing Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President, even as the Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, admitted that the absence of President Yar’Adua has impaired Nigeria’s diplomatic relations.

He has a wide range of experience in the hospitality sector of the tourism industry. These experiences were garnered over a period of time working at top management level in hotels in this country. His name is Victor Ola Kayode. He is very much active in the Hotel & Catering Institutes.

ERSTWHILE Eagles players, Jonathan Akpoborie has cast the first stone on Egyptian coach of the moment, Hassan Shehata describing him as a middle class coach. “That he won the Nations Cup with Egypt does not put him in the class of world-class coaches.

PRESIDENT of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Sani Lulu Abdullahi was like a fish out of water after his board demoted Eagles coach Amodu Shuaibu last week.

ONE of Nigeria’s most celebrated coach, Samson Siasia has distanced himself from rendering help to the Eagles as NFF embarks on the search for a coach for the Eagles.