…•Says doubting Thomases’ll be disappointed…
Senator Clement Annie Okonkwo, who represented Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Sixth Assembly, led the delegation of a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the merger talks with other opposition parties to form the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a chat with reporters, Okonkwo said it was in the interest of the South-East to join other regions in the push to rescue Nigeria from the shackles of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

One time National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Chief Audu Ogbeh, and the former governor of Ogun State, Aremo Segun Osoba, have been appointed by the All Progressives Party, APC, to head the drafting of manifesto and constitution of the mega party.

•They are after my life-Ugolor …•I am still waiting for IGP to produce assailants – Oshiomhole
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition, headed by Hon.Uzo Azubuike, will, on Wednesday, hear the petition written by a Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Edo State against the police over the killing of the Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, and the subsequent arrest and detention of his bosom friend, Rev. David Ugulor, in connection with the murder.

FOLLOWING the death of two revenue collectors on Friday in Benin City, the Edo State Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Saturday, warned against actions that will jeopardize the tax regime of the state government, just as it disassociated itself from the killing of two revenue collectors.

Barring any last-minute change of plans, state governors are set to meet with a view to resolving the lingering crisis of succession in Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) at a time a segment of the forum has threatened to quit the association.

As in previous articles, this piece is written for those who wish to see Nigerians united in spite of their religious differences. It is the hope of the writer that, reading this piece will open up discussions between those who profess these two faiths ( Islam and Christianity)and, eventually, result in deep respect for each other’s faith practices and lead to a more eirenic relationship.

Nigerian female boxer, Kehinde Obare is still nursing regrets that she wasn’t part of the history when women boxing was introduced to the Olympics for the first at the London 2012 Games.

When in April 19, 2005, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was crowned Pope Benedict XVI after the death of much-beloved Pope John Paul II, observant followers of events in Vatican City knew that the new pontiff had a lot on his plate. To start with, the Pope himself was well aware that he had to work extra hard to match, and if possible surpass, the achievements of his predecessor who was selected despite criticism from some disgruntled highly-placed Italian Catholics opposed to the election of a non-Italian Pope.

The last time I spoke with my brother, Joe on phone, he wondered how my weekly column is always able to follow with ease, the ‘goings-on’ in Nigeria when I am hardly in the country these days. What my brother did not immediately appreciate is that people abroad do not need to spend too much time searching for Nigerian events or indeed what the details are. A few minutes of “browsing” will expose the typical issues and because Nigerian matters take the same pattern all the time, any analyst can easily fill in whatever gaps there are.

Where persistence rules, great strides follow! Peter Oladotun Falade played the sax in Faze’s Originality as well as the sax version for Terry G’s Pass Me Your Love. It was my first encounter with him, and that memorable evening, he handled the saxophone in a manner that seemed like he was born with it. Young and charming Saxo Smooth as he’s fondly called by fans, sent goose pimples down my spine as I watched him do what he calls ‘his thing’- a skill that has taken him to France, Germany, and several other countries.