Not every woman was born with the dream of one day holding her own kind in her arms in the form of a baby, but surely, that instinct catches up with nearly every woman at one point or the other. Beyond the biological, there is the social expectation that every female, whether or not she is married, should give birth to a child.

The National Pension Commission, PenCom, said that it will adopt a flexible investment regulation for Pension Funds Administrators in the country, allowing them to invest in a wide range of investment outlets in the years ahead.

Created by the administration of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu to assist the police in traffic control in the state, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, mean different things to different people.

It promises to be another period of fun, suspense and excitement for TV viewers across the country as the broadcast of the first wholly Nigerian local content reality TV show, Gulder Ultimate Search 8, enters its second week this weekend on selected local TV and cable stations.

WHEN Chinedu Okafor signed up to compete in the singing category of Amstel Malta Showtime activation held recently in Enugu, his aim was to emerge winner and claim the mouth-watering prizes up for grabs.

ATLANTA- ANIOMA people in the Diaspora under the aegis of Anioma Association, have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to embark on electoral reforms that would accommodate the rights of all Nigerians of voting age living abroad to participate in the country’s democratic process by exercising their franchise in future elections.

The Acting National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , Alhaji Kawu Baraje recently inaugurated a 23-member committee to review the party’s constitution. On the panel is Barrister Ibrahim Ahmed Babale, a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Bauchi state. Babale in this interview previews the assignment ahead of the committee. Excerpts:

I RECENTLY visited the United States and was invited to the official opening of an impressive, world-class Benue Culture Exhibition in Washington DC.

ABUJA-The Federal Government, said, Thursday, that only 30 per cent offshore training for former militants in the Niger Delta would be accommodated in its post-amnesty programme for next year, while the remaining 70 per cent would be done locally, to save cost.

BENIN CITY-AChieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Ms Bisi Idaomu, Thursday, faulted the comment credited to former member of the National Executive Committee of the party, Mr. Henry Idahagbon, who accused former chairman Board of Trustees of the PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, as being behind the problem bedeviling the PDP in the state.

PORT HARCOURT- SHELL Petroleum Development Company, has denied allegations linking its operations in Ogoni with benzene, an agent found in water that is known to cause cancer in humans.

Following the judgment of Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, barring Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, from imposing fines on traffic offenders, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, Thursday, said the state has the residual authority to make legislation on municipal issues that fall within the ambit of the state.

WARRI-IT was carnival-like in Warri, Delta State, Thursday, as dignitaries from all walks of life turned out for the 50th birthday celebration of former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi.

HOw sweet the sound of victory is! It is even sweeter when the victory is won “home and away” like the Brazilian team of USA ’94 would do to any team that crosses their path. Such was the mood from Uyo to Calabar, Port Harcourt to Lagos and Abuja to other parts Nigeria when, on Friday, September 15, the Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar upheld the election of Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State. And the victory sound was blared from all corners of the world, blowing the good news across the lands and waters of Africa.

NIGERIA is working in Rivers State,” Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State said in admiration at one of the project sites during the recent facility tour undertaken by members of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA to some projects in Rivers State. A former president of the NBA Lanke Odogyon, SAN who led the NBA team on the inspection team was, however, to pray for sustenance saying “our prayer is that a Pharaoh that does not know Joseph should not come one day to ruin the legacy projects of this administration”.