As part of a multiple jubilee celebration, the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Joseph Ayodele Oritsejafor, for the first time, spoke on the controversy that trailed his exit from the Church of God Mission, CGM where he started his spiritual voyage 40 years ago. According to him, “after I have left my life was still connected to that great man” (Archbishop Idahosa). He spoke with SAM EYOBOKA. Excerpts….

Wigan Athletic coach,Roberto Martinez said that by allowing Victor Moses play for Nigeria, the Three Lions of England missed a player that would have added bite to their team.

John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria, in this interview, speaks on his company’s business activities in Nigeria and the immense possibilities for growth one year after being appointed the first Nigerian head of the South African pay-TV company. He also speaks on the digital migration deadline set for 2015 and why Nigeria is so important to the continent.

Super Falcons nemesis, Jannie Van Wyk says Bayana Bayana of South Africa are not bothered by the strong showing of the the Equatorial Guinean team in the Africa Women Championship, AWC, which comes to an end today.

THE Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh has cautioned African nations, saying that with the level of insecurity, poverty, doctrine of prosperity among other factors, it is obvious that the Christian faith is seriously under threat in the continent.

Delta State leaders, under the aegis of The People’s Movement, say Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan is serving the electorate well and would not steal government funds or divert such funds into his private accounts.

Violent attacks by terrorists groups in parts of the North are now causing unexpected socio-economic problems for Bauchi, one of the states in the region considered relatively peaceful and progressive.

When the news filtered into town that a man had pushed his wife into a completely filled pit latrine resulting to her death, the story sounded bizarre.

WHY did a 48-year -old man with the chieftaincy title of Akorewolu of Ibule Soro, in Ifedore local government area of Ondo State commit suicide?

Almost three years after the kidnapping of their breadwinner, the Odoki family of Ekeki in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State is still crying for justice.Mr. Sylvanus Odoki, a staff of Nigerian Agip Oil Company OB/OB Gas Plant, Omoku, Rivers State, had, on December 3, 2009, travelled to Owerri, the capital of Imo State, where he was running an M.Sc programme at the Federal University of Technology(FUTO) to sit for exams. His plan, it was learnt, was to rejoin his family at the conclusion of the exams. But this was not to be as he was kidnapped the next day by some persons whose motive has remained mysterious just as his whereabouts.

Ever since the publication in 1956 of Professor Kenneth Onwuka Dike’s Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta: 1830-1890, the Niger Delta region has been of great interest to Nigerian and foreign scholars. Most studies of the region have focused on the way in which its unique geography has combined with historical personages and significant events to throw up issues that are germane to a proper understanding of the region in particular and the Nigerian nation as a whole.

Dr.(Mrs.)Dumebi Owa, a Dental Surgeon and trained health counsellor, is a multiple Masters Degree holder in Public Health, Environmental Management and Public Administration. After her first degree at the University of Ibadan, she had gone to the UK where she got married and had her children.

SINCE soldiers took over security on the Delta State axis of the Warri-Sapele- Oghara-Benin and Warri-Eku-Abraka highways, and other strategic entry and exit points in the state, there has been some measure of sanity in the state.

Recently former Governor of old Bendel State, Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia celebrated his 80th birthday and I don’t know what Edo and Delta States did to celebrate the man that made their domain the talk of the nation, especially in sports.

Dr. Duniya Gambo of the Department of Fine Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has called for the establishment of Endowment Fund for Artists ‘to help lead the country attain technological advancement.