Tragedy struck along the Benin-Lagos Road, yesterday, when an 18-seater bus, traveling from Lagos to the East, plunged into the Igbese river, the border between Edo and Ondo State . The entire 18 passengers were feared dead.

Alexander Amusu leaves you speechless. It’s hard to equate the success of this phenomenal brand to the bubbly young man sitting beside me, who could easily pass for one of those hip guys prancing in and out of the Galleria. But this is Alexander Amusu, the entrepreneur and designer who has created the most expensive suit in the world!

Are you overweight? A BMI (body mass index) of 25 to 30 is overweight; 30 to 40 is obese; and, over 40 is severely obese. A BMI of less than 18.5 is officially classed as underweight. A BMI of 18.5 to 25 is normal.

AS the number of men who are addicted to sex grows in leaps and bounds, women (not hookers), who believe they couldn’t have enough of sex, like their male counterparts, are also jumping in at the deep end, drinking in the pleasure that ‘sex offers.

There are certain qualities in men that women absolutely love, one of such quality is having good dress sense. Women typically prefer a man who looks as if he just stepped out of GQ magazine, the often overlooked neat and conservative fellow. However, these neat and conservative dressers are often over-shadowed by the millions of men who commit fashion crimes on a daily basis

On Monday, February 28, the Daily Vanguard published an article, “When will they give Ohakim his due?” by ace columnist Pini Jason. The essay was a piece of apologia for the Imo State governor who has faced a consistent barrage of criticism from a wide swath of people in Imo State from his perceived failures in running a transparent and productive administration in Owerri.

Ever since homo sapiens emerged on this planet after more than three and a half billion years of zigzag evolutionary progression of life from what some scientists call the primitive soup, members of the species have been making concerted effort to control nature. In an important sense, civilisation is the synthesis of both the intended and unintended consequences of human activities meant to domesticate nature for the benefit of human beings.

Experts in human behaviour tell us that to make good progress in life, we use yesterday’s experience to improve our today and the future.

Prince Bolasodun Abdul-Jabar Ajibola, lawyer and jurist, will be 77 early in the week. His has been a life dedicated to law and scholarship. In the last three weeks, he has given us insight into how he had done it. We continue Bolasodun’s Golden Nights.

That message was at the tail end of the text sent to me by my friend, Tolu, on March 13, 2011. As it turned out, some other folks anxious for me to visit Akwa Ibom State, had not only sent me a leaflet entitled, bondages of Akpabioism, which they claim is now being widely distributed in the state. Going under the name of Free Akwa Ibom Committee, FAIC, the group, in the leaflet under reference, drew everybody’s attention to the fact that Governor Akpabio had in the first three years in office collected from the Federation account and other sources N700 billion.