After Vanguard broke the sad story of Comfort Sunday, the reaction from all over the world was unbelievable, but encouraging. For an update Vanguard Metro eventually caught up with her father, the very man accused of bathing Comfort with acid. Mr. Sunday James, a retired Police corporal, now an unemployed security guard in Akwanga, had played hide and seek with Vanguard the first time we attempted to get his side of he story.

THIS year I have written about two articles that chronicled the tragedies that befell our students. I still remember with nostalgia the gruesome murder of Grace Ushanga, the serving Corps member who was allegedly raped to death by the infamous religious sect, known as Boko Haram, the drowning to death of about 43 students from Kwara State who went to a neighbouring country in search of Education, the kidnapping of 15 school children {now released } at Aba, Abia State, the kidnapping of Corps members in Rivers State. Earlier, in 2006, the Ilafor family lost their three children in a Sosoliso plane crash.

The recent El Clasico, between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, penultimate Monday, did not just bring pain on Real Madrid and its fans world wild as they lost five goals to none, but it also brought sorrow to members of Oturu family in Lagos, Nigeria.

Durban, South Africa has emerged as the next host of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change as world leaders rose from their eleven day meeting in Cancun, Mexico, with a new legal framework to combat global carbon emission.

By throwing out the petition filed by former Nigeria Football Federation president Sani Lulu, the Court of Arbitration for Sports exposed the attempt by Lulu and his cohorts to hoodwink the NFF into settling out of court.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday, told Nigerians not to expect a perfect election in 2011, saying the commission under his leadership will strive to improve on the record of the immediate past elections by conducting free, fair and credible elections.

As the 2010 edition of the annual “MARE FESTIVAL”, organised by Ondo State government at the weekend, no fewer than 35 school children from age ten and above were trained in the modern techniques and art of mountaineering by a team of mountain climbers from Spain during the fiesta.

THE 65-year- old grandmother, Madam Juliana Ogunleye, kidnapped 16 days ago, has been released by her abductors.

THE Federal Government’s effort at prosecuting former United States Vice President Richard Bruce ‘Dick’ Cheney and other officials of Halliburton paid off, following payment of huge sums of money to the coffers of Nigeria, as Nigeria has reportedly agreed to drop charges against Cheney and Halliburton.

HUMAN Rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, INTERSOCIETY, has described the zoning of Nigeria’s presidency between North and South by some politicians as a great impediment towards smooth operation of political rights in the country.

Ghana’s top-flight football clubs have agreed to lift their self-imposed suspension on playing.
The clubs agreed to stop playing in protest against a raid on the Ghana Football Association (GFA), carried out by an anti-fraud unit.

THE decision by governors and political leaders in South East geopolitical zone to back the agitation for 2015 Igbo presidency as the basis for supporting any presidential candidate for 2011 presidential election has been applauded by leaders of Igbo Political Forum, IPF.

GOVERNOR Martins Elechi of Ebonyi State has faulted allegation of president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzia, that South East governors failed to solve the lingering crisis in universities in the zone due to selfish interests.

Six persons suspected to have kidnapped the mother-in-law of Ebonyi State All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, governorship aspirant, Senator Julius Ucha, were last weekend, remanded in prison custody by an Abakaliki Magistrate Court.

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said that the organization has strict ethics rules for dealing with any member who “has become tainted” after past allegations are proven.