After a long tortuous but worthwhile legal battle spanning 41 months and seven days, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday emerged as the governor of Ekiti State. He is to take over, immediately, from Engr. Segun Oni, who had held sway since May 29, 2007, according to an unanimous decision of the Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital.

FORMER President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu has described the judgement of Dr Kayode Fayemi as governor of Ekiti State as a victory for democracy just as he commended the judiciary for living up to its expectation.

National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said yesterday in Ibadan that the 2011 polls would have grave implications for the country. He said this at a lecture a lecture he presented at the University of Ibadan yesterday.

Terrorists’ organizations are not new. Kidnappings have always been there in the Niger-Delta. Why are people making the Abuja terrorists attack a special case? Is it because it happened on the day of our 50th anniversary? I don’t see anything special about it.

It could also have been pure political because some people have vowed to make Nigeria ungovernable should Jonathan emerge President and have been calling for his resignation. Those who made such negative responses should be probed and investigated because they too could know something about the bomb blasts on independence day.

Ibiyemi Ajakaiye is a hearty Soul singer and songwriter who hails from Umorkpa in Kogi state. She discovered her singing talent at a young age but was so shy she insisted on singing backstage in her early years. From joining the church choir and then a band, her confidence built. Today, she’s a recording and performing Soul artiste, writes Lolade Sowoolu.

Our topic for beyond pardon is the case of a woman who has been married for twenty years, she has never been pregnant. She has been everywhere and finally found out that she is not to be blamed. Out of frustration, she is asking if she could sleep with another to get pregnant…

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, started a working visit of some states in the South East, with the commissioning of the National Agency for Food, Drug, Administration and Control, NAFDAC’s upgraded ultra modern area quality control laboratory, at Agulu, Anambra State and many other projects.

The first casualty of the eviction trap was the least of all expectations. It was Dandison Strongface, the 22 year old Rivers state born macho that exuded all courage, strength and the needed can-do ability right from the selection stages.

One of the many ‘ends’ of Philosophy –the discipline in which President Jonathan possesses a Doctorate Degree- according to J.P. Ekarika in his book ‘Introduction to Philosophy’, is to help in the acquisition of “true and correct know ledge –thinking, speaking, writing… by the proper arrangement and utilization of materials, resources and thought processes.”

BUSINESS activities were yesterday paralyzed in the nation’s capital City following the official launch of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) chapter of Dame Patience Jonathan’s pet project , “Women for Change Initiatives(WCI)”.

For alleging that members of the Association of Core Nollywood Producers(ANCOP) are responsible for the unending crisis that have bedeviled the Nigerian motion picture industry in recent times, Chairman, Coalition of Nollywood Guilds and Association(CONGA), Mr. Bon Emeruwa has earned the ire of some members of that association.

HE Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) zone 12, Mohammed Hadi Zarewa has relocated to Borno to supervise the security arrangement put in place to curb the activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect that has been terrorizing the residence of Maiduguri and its environs.

The Chief Anthony Enahoro-led Pro-National Conference Organization, PRONACO and Secretary of the Citizens Popular Party, CPP, Chief Chukwuma Eke yesterday applauded the victory of Dr Kayode Fayemi at the court of appeal over the Ekiti State 2007 gubernatorial election.

THE National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday described the sack of Engr. Segun Oni as unfortunate and a terrible shock, just as it said it accepts the judgment.