DR. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician, has just been convicted of involuntary manslaughter after a tense, drama-filled trial during which he was often depicted as an irresponsible caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anaesthetic (Propofol) that killed his star patient.

A CEREMONY is a formal occasion, on which an important occurrence is celebrated or solemnized. Its purpose is to underscore experiences that have survival value and store them in our collective memory.

OWERRI-The intra-party crisis rocking Imo State chapter of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for months appears resolved, following the intervention of Governor Rochas Okorocha and Chief Martin Agbaso.

Eagles striker, Osaze Peter Odemwingie will soon discover that the early season romance with obscurity is over with the Baggies. He has come under pressure to score goals to keep his club safe in the Premier League.

A NIGERIAN company, the Sun and Sand Industries Ltd., says 95 per cent of raw materials are sourced from metallic wastes that were recycled for export to manufacture cars and ship parts.

Dancing, from research, has been discovered to burn 100 calories every 10 minutes and besides being a ripping cardiovascular workout, it connects your mind, body and spirit and makes you a more confident person as well. Dancing is not costly and needs no equipment except a CD player or sound system, and connects you to other human beings as well.

President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated new members to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, four years after the tenure of the last board expired.

OWERRI-Imo State Government has warned owners of illegal structures that are currently obstructing road construction to remove them or risk losing the structures and their contents.

BORNO State Governor Kashim Shettima has ordered the construction of the 50- year-old abandoned 38 kilometre Garubula-Gunda-Miringa road to link the area with the core agricultural areas of the state.

A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, ordered warring factions of Ogun State Chapter of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to maintain status quo in case by a factional Chairman of the party, Chief Dayo Soremi and two others.