Crawford University’s second convocation last Friday at Igbesa, Ogun State, provided the platform for the Pro-chancellor, a seasoned university administrator, to look at the options for and against establishing six federal universities in the country.

APPARENTLY, ours is a chicken republic in which the chicken is greater than the republic. We have discovered one good thing about the land, though in whatever you do, you have a choice.

I ONCE watched an interesting documentary on National Geographic Wild channel, which brought home to me the elders’ saying: “No matter how well you treat a wild animal it will still have its eyes on the bush”.

About seven aspirants from Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, vying to represent Aninri, Awgu and Oji-River federal constituency at the National Assembly in the forthcoming 2011 elections, have rejected the Professor S. Ukpabi-led committee set up by the Greater Awgu Forum, a socio-political group, to ascertain which of the three local governments should produce the next candidate for the election.

Angry protests have continued to trail the gruesome murder in Owerri, of the traditional ruler of Ibeamaukwu autonopmous community, Umunakanu, Ehime Mbano local government area, Eze Emeka Njoku, in bizarre circumstances.