COULD it be true that the 13,000 teachers, recruited by the Rivers State government and told to assemble at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, for their posting letters were to be asked to embark on a protest march against the rumoured second term ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan that day as alleged by the state Police Command? Or was the claim an attempt by the police to smear the image of the state government as speculated in several quarters.

Iquo Diana Eke is a Writer, Performance poet and Actress who renders her words to the accompaniment of folklore, typically embellished with instruments such as drums, flute and /or strings.

This club of young graduates and professionals of both sexes came together to form a group with the singular aim of using talks to help young people make the right choices, and hopefully, have a better life. They hold their ‘enlightening’ talks on different subjects, every three months in a small school hall, and they graciously invite their parents, friends and relatives to come listen to them.

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Asaba, postponed to October 12 the bye-election to fill the Delta Central senatorial seat in the National Assembly, earlier scheduled for October 5 due to non-readiness of sensitive election materials.

I pointed out to you the stars and all you saw was the tip of my finger- Swahili Proverb

We are nearing that time of the year again, where we look back collectively as a nation. Nigeria is 53 and if the truth be told as a nation, there is so much more we should be doing at that age; in fact, we are worse off than we were at 10 or 20 than where we are at 53.

Following reports in the media recently on the decadence in the electricity sector in Nigeria, Sunday Vanguard in this encounter engaged the CEO of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi on the issue. He speaks on the better reformation of electricity service soon, as licensed operators by NERC plunge millions of dollars to revamp the sector with better service at a fair rate.

Chief Martins Onovo is not only a former presidential candidate of Action Alliance in the 2011 polls, he is also a petroleum engineer. Widely travelled, he obtained his first degree in petroleum engineering from University of Ibadan and second degree at University of Houston, Texas, United States. In this interview, Onovo faults the Federal Government on fuel subsidy claims, maintaining petrol can sell at N38.50k per litre. Excerpts:

Senator Adegbenga Kaka, representing Ogun East Senatorial District, in this interview, speaks on the rancour and what he describes as injustice in Ogun State chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC). The former Deputy Governor maintains that things are falling apart among the stakeholders.“What is happening in Ogun State requires tact and patience, otherwise, we will be throwing away the baby with the bath water.”

WORRIED by the growing adverse effect of corruption in different sectors of the nation’s economy, Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, TREM, Dr. Mike OKONKWO Sunday challenged the Church to go beyond clapping hands and shouting Hallelujah to fight the menace frontally.

As Nigerian youths daily find themselves caught up in the mess created by Bad leadership which has resulted in a dramatic upturn of individuals getting involved in societal vices, it is highly encouraging to still find some young Nigerians who are not just battling to stay afloat but also, making concerted efforts to impact positively on others.

The Minister of Tourism Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke had disclosed plans by the Federal Government to establish the Nigerian Air Force Museum.

On some of her visits to Nigeria from Barbados, she had been known to sit next to IBB, our future Head of State and playfully pull his ears while saying: “Why did a handsome boy like you get into the army? You want to get yourself killed”

The Nigerian football scene was in real mess after the 2010 World Cup. The NFF led by Sani Lulu Abdullahi was enveloped in scandals and the football fraternity had no option but to kick out the Lulu-led Board. However, one of Lulu’s lieutenant, Alhaji Aminu Maigari took over the helms.

A seasoned economist, Olugbemiga Olowu is the Rotarian overseeing Rotary clubs all-over Lagos and Ogun states, otherwise known as District 9110. Born in 1949 into the Abeokuta family of Obatolu Olowu of the Ile-Alafin of Owu Kingdom, he is a Rotarian with 30 years experience! Also a multifaceted entrepreneur, Olugbemiga worked with the Mandilas Group for 15 years before co-founding a pharmaceutical business, Lutayo Pharmaceutical Limited, and later, Lutay Nigeria Limited, a joint financial and procurement services company. Seven Prints Limited, a monogramming and printing establishment, is also one of his innovations. In this interview, Olugbemiga debunks the claim that Rotary is a money-making venture and also explains why there are few Rotary clubs in Ogun State.

George Kofi Awoonor-Williams became just Kofi Awoonor. He chose to be piquant and to shed the vestiges, at the same time, of his colonial past. He died last week. He was 78 years. He did not die from age related problems. He was still quite active; mentally alert and vigorous. He was killed in the Nairobi terrorist event staged by Al Shabaab, the Somali equivalent of Boko Haram, which had taken over the Westgate Mall, a high end shopping Mall in Nairobi last week, and massacred mall visitors. By last count, the death toll from the four-day siege and holdout had been officially put at seventy-two people. More are suspected to be crushed under the rubble of the collapsed mall, and therefore unaccounted.