It is no longer news that the Nigerian reading habit is generally low and this has been confirmed by several experts and as part of efforts to stem the tide, the federal government launched the Bring Back the Book, BBB project on December 20, 2010.

Dr Fredrick Fasehun is a medical practitioner of over 35 years standing. This presidential aspirant in the fourth republic is however better known as founder of Odua Peoples Congress which he says promotes and protects Yoruba interests. He cautions, in this interview, that Major Hamza Al Mustapha, the former chief security officer to the late Gen Sani Abacha, incarcerated and being tried for murder in Lagos, must not be allowed to die in prison.

One of the few lessons I learnt in my early years in the United States was the popular saying that “Politics ends at the border”. Once the US was engaged in hostilities with another country, every patriotic citizen of America was expected to stand solidly behind the President and Commander-in-Chief, C-I-C, of the armed forces. It is my strong belief that America started losing wars when that solid defence broke down.

As part of moves to immortalise one of the liveliest and most committed art promoters that worked in Nigeria in the 21st century, late Peter Dubem Areh for his great contributions to the development of art, the Art Republic in consultation with the Areh family of Onitsha has concluded plans for the maiden memorial lecture in his honour tagged 1st Peter Areh lecture on Art and Cultural Enterprise.

We’ve all failed at one project or the other and learnt to move on. But a lot of people have received such mighty failures that they’re just not able to shake off and the depth of despair they feel is difficult to bear. A few years back, Remi, just 24 got married. “Adam and I had been together since I was 19,” she explained.