Even though it is no longer news that some men, known as homosexuals or gays, date fellow men, such perverted sexual practice has always been carried out in secret because of the public condemnation it attracts. But this was not the case in Festac town on Easter Monday as two males were caught right in the act inside a Mercedes Benz 230 car.

THE leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has again raised alarm over plans by some Nigerians to truncate the nation’s democracy through what the party described as another clandestine plot by some political adventurers to polarise the party.

A university don, Professor C.I.C. Ogbonna, has advocated greater attention to the management of malaria in the country as it claims more lives than the dreaded HIV/AIDS.

ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan arrived for a four-day official working visit in the United States of America, yesterday.

THELagos State government, weekend, said 1,028,455 people benefitted from its various free health services in the last one year.

Newly appointed Sports Minister and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Ibrahim Bio, demonstrated his near emptiness about Nigerian athletics development, when he declared that he will return Nigeria to winning ways in the long distance events.

LEADERS of the two unions in the nation’s Maritime industry, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, and its Senior Staff Association of Communications, Transport and Corporations, SSACTAC, Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA branch counterpart, weekend shelved the planned industrial action scheduled to commence Wednesday over pending workers’ enefits.

Nigeria yesterday became the first team to qualify for the semi-final stage of the WAFU Cup after pounding Guinea 5-0 at the MKO International Stadium in Abeokuta.Striker Solomon Okpako got the ball rolling for theNigerians, with his first of the afternoon in the first half, beating two players before slotting past the Guinean goalkeeper, to edge the homers 1-0 ahead.

After helping Nigeria beat the Republic of Benin in the opening match of the first WAFU Cup of Nations in Abeokuta, Friday, top striker, Ahmed Musa, said the Eagles could win the tournament.

A police constable was at the weekend stabbed to death during a clash between factions of a transport union in Ajegunle area of Lagos.

Chika Chiejina, the cap-tain of the IBB International and Country Club believes that the establishment of an academy would enhance the churning out of talents that would adequately represent the country in the 2020 Olympics.

The Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has said that the ntral Bank of Nigeria has not set any deadline for the recapitalisation of the eight rescued banks.

Emerging out of a turbulent past, Nigeria is in the process of building a prosperous economy through business endeavors aimed at creating new opportunities all over the country.

Market indices to continue upward trend The upward trend in the equity market is expected to continue this week, as investors continue to be attracted to the capital market following unattractive returns in the fixed income market.
Last week, a significant improvement was recorded in activities in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), as investment value on the NSE appreciated by N358.07 billion.

Mr Chibuzor Ugwuoha, the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) says human capacity and infrastructural development must be given priority to win the war against poverty. Ugwuoha stated this on Thursday when he received officials of the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) led by Dr Magnus Kpakol in Port Harcourt.