An Osun State High Court sitting in Iwo, yesterday, sentenced five persons that had been standing trial over the kidnap of the wife of Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Alhaja Muibat Salaam, to 27 years imprisonment each.

Colorectal cancer cases continue to grow globally largely fueled by a diet of processed convenience foods and a sedentary lifestyle void of regular exercise. But a research team from the University of Colorado Cancer Center has published the results of a study a journal, Cancer Letters demonstrating that the more advanced colorectal cancer cells are, the more Grape Seed Extracts, GSE inhibits their growth and survival. Conversely, GSE does not affect healthy cells and is shown to specifically target only cancerous cells. The authors note that this is an important finding in light of the increased number of late stage colon cancer cases currently being diagnosed.

The crash of the Associated Airlines flight 361 on Thursday, October 3, 2013 in which about 14 persons died is quite tragic and regrettable. Coming at a time when the Federal Government and the aviation authorities have done so much to build on the nation’s enviable safety record is very ironic and paradoxical.

EXPERTS in the civil engineering profession have blamed the incessant collapse of structures and failed projects in Nigeria on corruption, lack of knowledge transfer from veterans in civil/structural engineering to younger engineers.

The much touted peace plans to unify the different tendencies and factions in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have faltered. The factional leaders against the Bamanga Tukur-led mainstream are expected to make a major decision in the next few days

Hell was let loose in Kano Monday afternoon when “well dressed” thugs invaded and overran the PDP secretariat located at Gydi-yadi quarters in the Kano leaving many injuries.

The Oloba of Oba-Oke in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Dahunsi Iyiola, narrowly escaped death, Sunday, when irate mob from the neighbouring community of Oba-Ile invaded his palace and razed it alongside other buildings in the town.

AS Nigerians, we are all acutely aware of what is wrong with Nigeria, especially since we are all part and parcel of the Nigerian affliction.

GUNMEN, suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists, yesterday morning, invaded villages in Kawuri district and Fori of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, killing 10 residents, including three vigilante youths, suspected to be Civilian JTF.

The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) says the country has the capacity to meet the 40 billion barrels oil reserves as projected by the Federal Government.

The Federal Government, yesterday, assured Nigerian students that the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, would be over in a few months.

Coach Manu Gar ba (MFR) has warned his boys against overconfidence as the Golden Eaglets eye a place in the second round; knockout stages of the 15th edition of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the UAE.

Referee Nestor Pitana from an area of early Roman Catholic missionary called Corpus-Misiones in Argentina would be the umpire when Sweden and Nigeria exchange fireworks at the Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium today.

September 27, 2013 is a day residents of the sleepy rural community of Umuchima, Ubaha, Okigwe Local Government Area of the state will not forget in a hurry. On this fateful day, a very unusual but deafening noise suddenly rented the air, accompanied by a rare spectacle that threw all and sundry into panic as they scampered into safety. The strange sound was later traced to the family home of a visually-impaired pensioner, Mr. Augustine Eke.

More trouble may still be lurking the way of Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, over the controversial purchase of two bullet-proof cars for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, without necessary approvals.