THERE was a low turn-out of Christian worshippers in different parts of the South West following the rumoured threat by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to bomb certain Christian gatherings in the region, as clerics used the occasion of the first service of the year to pray for the peace of the nation.

AS controversy trails the inauguration of a new Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Transition, Reconciliation and Congress, TRC, Committee in Oyo State, a chieftain of the party, Senator Lekan Balogun has said those kicking against the committee were merely flogging a dead horse.

Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has called on Nigerians not to be despondent but look forward to a brighter country this year.

Excerpts of the interview, conducted in his sitting room at Ologoama with over 50 villagers, overflowing his living room to the balcony, front and back of his compound as spectators.

JOINT Action Front, the umbrella body for pro-labour civil society groups in the country, has rejected the removal of subsidy on Petrol and the hike in pump price of the product and called for civil disobedience by Nigerians to force president Goodluck Jonathan to rescind the decision announced , Sunday, by the petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA.

WHAT is on a man’s mind? The answer, over the years, tended to anchor on the phallocentric psychological theories of the Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud) 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939; co-founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Libidinous as his tendencies were, the profundity of a man’s mind is doubtless.

It is indeed not only a surprise, but also an inspiration to all of us here in the local government and I believe by extension humanity, as a whole that at 90 Papa Allen is starting school. And that is why we decided to give him scholarship and N15, 000 monthly for his upkeep so that that can further motivate him to continue the programme.

But for the absurdity of the idea, Boko Haram was it. And that would have meant the celebration of evil.
However, the decision to place THE SCOURGE OF BOKO HARAM as the first runner up in this year’s issue/man of the year chosen by Vanguard came with its own haram.

As Lagos residents were making last minute preparations on New Year’s Eve to usher in2012, tragedy struck again, when a two-storey building, under construction, collapsed in Oshodi Local Government Area of Lagos State killing three persons.