The Panama Canal, a 77-kilometre Ship Canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, is one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. From what I read recently, the builders of the canal faced enormous obstacles of geography, climate and disease.

A retired Professor of Haematology & Blood Transfusion, Prof.(Mrs) Ibironke Akinsete was until a few months ago the Chairman of the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service. A trustee of AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria and a life patron of the Society for Women & AIDS in Africa, Nigeria –SWAAN, Prof. Akinsete was the pioneer Chairman of the National Action Committee on AIDS- NACA. She spoke recently with Vista Woman on the status of HIV/AIDS at an event put together in Lagos by the Soroptimist International of Eko in collaboration with SWAAN, in commemoration of the 2011 World Aids Day marked yearly on December 1.

By all standards u qualify as a Senior Citizen of Lagos State..I dnt believe u had a deep thought of what u might be igniting before u write on d Christian Governorship thing in Lagos. Please it takes a slip from people with followership like u to start what they cannot finish as there are millions out there to highjack noble talks and put the state on fire. I am a Christian.. Lagos needs peace for development than who is the Gov. Muslim of Christian…”.

In support of the cashless economy initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), telecommunication giant, Globacom Nigeria has launched the first mobile money service known as Glo Txtcash. This service will enable mobile subscribers use their mobile numbers to store electronic Value (E-Value) of money easily.

“There is a spiritual heaven over every nation, over every individual and every one of us is guilty, now, when God is against you, the gates of heaven are closed.

This year’s Christmas celebration is among the unique ones in that it falls on a Sunday, so we’re celebrating the gift of a Saviour and also observing a day ordained by God for rest and reflection.

Recently, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned some former governors, including Otunba Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, for allegedly misappropriating public funds while in office.

Nigeria Association of Women in Sports (NAWIS) president, Gloria Obajimi, has hailed Delta state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan for giving a N25m grant to aid Delta athletes’ preparations for next year’s Olympics Games.

The Federal Government has been called upon to embark on massive investments in the bio-fuel sub-sector and building of new refineries to diversify the economy to optimise outputs in order to meet it target of ranking among the top 20 economies in the world by 2020.

The 2011 Women Africa Hockey Cup for Club defending champions, Heartland Queens of Nigeria have retained their title as the tournament came to a close in Lusaka, Zambia last weekend.

You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. Malcolm X

Events of last week in Yenagoa have shown that those who profess to be managing the game of football in Nigeria are not prepared to make progress from the slide the game has taken these past years.

The memories of those who lost their lives in the course of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola assuming office as governor of Osun State linger. Between April 25 when Aregbesola declared his intention to be at the helm of affairs in the state, through his Oranmiyan campaign group, and November 2010 when the court restored his mandate as governor, scores of his supporters and citizens of Osun defending democracy were brutalised.

Technical Adviser of the Wrestling Federation of Nigeria, WFN, Dr. Daniel Igali has said that the preparation of the federation ahead of the Olympics is in top gear following the performances of wrestlers at the just concluded Sylva’s Classics held in Yanegoa, Bayelsa State.

I am a Christmas child. No, I was not born on Christmas day – but an exact week to Christmas – on the 18th of December – that last week of active shopping and frenzied last minutes preparation for Christmas celebrants. So imagine Nigeria on the 18th of December, 1966. Two coups had taken place earlier that year – one in January and the other on July.