A vote against discriminatory practices in the name of Osu caste in south east Nigeria.

Osu caste system is an obnoxious practice among the Igbo in south east Nigeria which has refused to go away despite the impact of Christianity, education and civilization, and the human rights culture.

The Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Dr. Patrick Ekeji, in the last few days has received severally calls, from unknown callers, who are threatening to assassinate him unless he resigns as the Director General of the NSC.

Responding to a question on why he, coming from the North West geo-political zone, the zone where the late President Umaru Yar’Adua hailed and the zone which, had Yar’ Adua not died, might still have pursued a second term in office, should not be seen as a bad person on account of his present posting, Tafida, Dr. Sarki Dalhatu Tafida, the medical doctor/politician/diplomat, who is the Director General of the Jonathan/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation, said, smiling.
“Yes! This issue of coming from the North, some people might say, well, Dalhatu Tafida is not a good Northerner that is why he is heading the Jonathan Campaign? And for a dose of mischief, the name of Sambo would not appear?

FORMER Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Oceanic International Bank Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, was yesterday, convicted and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment on a three count charge of negligence, reckless grant of credit facilities running into billions of dollars and mismanagement of depositors’ funds by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

The winner of The Nigeria Prize for Science 2010, University of Benin Professor of Manufacturing Engineering, Mr. Akaehomen Ibhadode, will be crowned tonight in Lagos at the Grand Award Night.

The same Okah said they were responsible for the bombing; the President said they were not responsible. He said he knows those who did. If it was not Henry Okah, it was not MEND, let the Presidency tell us who did.

The professions have always been the modeler of excellence in the public sphere. The legal profession has played a key role in promoting the ideals of rule of law and justice. The medical profession has not just saved lives. It has also promoted the virtues of physical and emotional care.

VICE President Namadi Sambo yesterday said that though the world has become a global village, Africans are at a more vantage position to solve the continent’s peculier challenges.

It was jubilation galore as players of the Eagles heaved a deep sigh of relief that they would finally play the African Cup of Nations qualifier against the Syli National of Guinea, in Conakry following news of the provisional lifting of the indefinite suspension slammed on the country’s football by the world soccer ruling body, FIFA.

If President Jonathan as the chief security officer of the country fails to name those involved after this week because he said he knows them, his statement and conduct will amount to gross misconduct

Even at 50 years when we austensibly celebrated “maturity”as a country, it is now clearer than crystal that we are into the vicious circle of instability all over again. And it is instructive that this instability surfaced right on the day that we were celebrating 50 years of independence!!

The Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri who marked his eightieth birthday last week, in this interview reviewed Nigeria’s 50 years as independent country and declared that the nation has failed the founding fathers of the nation .

Wife of Ondo State Governor, Kemi Mimiko like many other concerned Nigerians is surely bitter following the way and manner our film makers are throwing caution to the wind, while celebrating indiscriminately some scenes that does not promote morality in our society on the big screen.

Since relocating back to Nigeria last year, the Rhumba rasta, Ras Kimono has piped low on engagements, locally and internationally. But this weekend, he’ll be jetting out to meet with high profile delegates at a conference holding in Ethiopia.

We are re- running the topic of last week’s edition on ‘beyond pardon’. It is a case of a girl who was kidnapped, gang raped at 18. She did not tell her family about the ugly incident because of the stigma, but she found out that she is pregnant. What do you think she can do about it? Hear what a renowned actress has to say on this heart- rendering issue.