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.

Chief Gabriel Osawuru Igbenedion, Solomon Iyobosa Edebiri and Professor P. E. Igbinovia were among prominent Bini sons that gathered recently at the Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre, Benin City, Edo State to take a critical look at the arts, culture and politics of the Bini ethnic nationality.

“Economists are like theologians. Every religion other than their own is the invention of man, whereas their own particular brand of religion is an emanation from God”.

The two things which those of us who have to watch our weight dislike intensely are, the weighing scale and the mirror. With the former, you may say that it is faulty, and that the figure it shows is not your actual weight, and you’re much lighter than that.

One of the most durable and destructive legacies of discrimination is the way we’ve internalized a sense of limitation; how so many in our community have come to expect so little from the world and from themselves.-Barak Obama

One of the topical issues of the previous week was the refusal of Justice Mariam Aloma-Mukhtar, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) to swear-in one of the newly appointed Justices of the Court of Appeal. The CJN reportedly based her decision on a petition alleging that the Judge concerned, Justice Jumbo-Ofo did not deserve the appointment on the grounds of State of origin. Many commentators especially politicians have loudly and publicly chastised the CJN for the decision. I disagree with them and commend the CJN for living up to her hard earned reputation.

From the foregoing, it can be inferred that acts of extreme sadism, especially the type manifested by those who actually brutalized and killed the four undergraduates and the mob that cheered them on, are the result of deep-seated alienation and psychic malfunctioning which stem from skewed individual character and sadistic social environment.

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