Ogun State Customs Command has a border with many entry and exist points, even as the people are very volatile, making it difficult to curb illegal trades. Since the beginning of the year, the unit witnessed rapid transformation with smuggling rate drastically reduced, making the command to realise N1.2 billion in just five months of operations and over 500 seizures of various items.

Former Golden Eaglets coach, Sebastine Brodericks-Imasuen has commended the Austine Eguavoen-tutored U-23 national team over their victory against the Ghana’s Black Meteors in Benin.

Music lovers especially lovers of the art music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music otherwise known as classical music were last Monday treated to a scintillating session of what would be described as a harvest of songs by the graduating students of the Muson School of Music.

Many people have made frantic efforts to move forward in their lives and change levels in their respective businesses, careers, pursuits and endeavours. But nothing has worked for them.

Helen, do you think these politicians who won elections into our states House of Assemblies, House of Representatives and the Senate, really know what their duties entail?” asked a friend

“I should think so, or, rather, I hope so. Why do you ask?”

It was a glorious home-coming for Yeka Onka, winner of the maiden edition of the Nigerian Idol, a music reality TV Show, when Pepsi sponsored her on a three-day visit to her home State, Abia last week.

The plan by the Federal Government to increase electricity tariff in the country is no longer news. While some Nigerians expressed displeasure about the development, on the ground that electricity is not stable, others said government should tackle the power crisis first to ensure constant supply before increasing the tariff.

Politicians can die anytime. And that was the case of 56-year -old Christopher Shale. He was as big as they come. He is a “big”, what they call,fish in the conservative party! Christopher was chairman of the West Oxfordshire Conservative Party Association. And that covers David Cameron ‘s constituency.

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan is not a stranger to criminals and their devices, especially kidnappers. In fact, some years ago, as Secretary to the Delta State Government, he was a member of the Federal Government team, headed by the current president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who was then the vice president, which was established to end kidnapping in the region.

Truth is hardly ever universal as there is no ideology with complete acceptance by all of humanity. Many people have different truths and only the passion with which that truth is defended is universal. Some people hold fast to the truth that there is no truth and that in itself is a legitimate right and a truth of sorts.

Evans Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN has come under fire for its shoddy technical planning at the Cross River All Nigeria Championships concluded last Saturday in Calabar.

In the aftermath of the Boko Haram bombing of the Louis Edet House, special agents from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation,FBI, promptly arrived Abuja to begin to collect data on the incident. Some newspaper reports also claimed the arrival of the Central Intelligence Agency,CIA of the US. I suppose in this climate of global terror, there is increasing transnational cooperation between and among the various spy agencies of the world and the gumshoes who pit-patter around each other to stem the rise of militant terrorism.

In view of its European tour in a week’s time, 911 Foundation Soccer Academy in Warri and Lagos returned over the week from a playing tour of Togo and Republic of Benin.

Former Super Falcons coach Ismaila Mabo has expressed sadness over the defeat the team suffered in the hands of Germany in the on-going 2011 FIFA 2011 Women’s World Cup but advised them to beat Canada in their last match on Tuesday to redeem the country’s image. “We are out of the competition no matter our performance against Canada.

Immortal Legends of Africa by Pa Anyi Agwudagwu reads like the Trojan war told by homer but it is deeper than the epic poem. It is closer to Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart but it is not a war story.