2013’s Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television and Arts BEFFTA Awards opened with a great promise. There was glitz, there was glamour. Beautiful dance performances and some incredible voices.

FORUM for Justice and Human Rights Defence, FJHD, Delta State, has called on the police in the state not to kill Stanley Ogun and other armed robbery suspects arrested on October 23 in Warri, but to arraign them in court after investigation, if there is any case against them.

Sweden kept the party going at their first FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 2-1 win over Japan in their Round of 16 game in Sharjah. The Japanese had most of the possession, as is their custom, but Sweden got the crucial goals en route to a place in the quarter-finals, where they will meet either Honduras or Uzbekistan.

The Midwest Consultative Forum, led by former governor of old Bendel State, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia, yesterday, submitted its position paper to members of the national conference committee in Benin, Edo State, saying that resource control was top on its agenda.

I was one of the sceptics who believed that the last Eid-Kabir celebration or the Sallah Festival would be marked by bloodshed from terrorist attacks instead of the blood of sacrificial lambs.

SECRETARY to the Delta State Government, Mr Ovuozorie Macaulay, has said the proposed national conference would further strengthen the unity and democracy in the country.

A good country is known by the value it attaches to its citizens. In Nigeria, citizens are treated shabbily by bad leaders. Ours is a country where locals are regarded lowly. We are commoners in our

Black women still suffer from the feelings of inferiority based on their nature. Skin bleaching is another consequence of the history of colonial racism. Common in Africa, the Caribbean Islands and Black America is a preference for light skinned males. Many Island women are happy to share a single fair skinned Black male to father their children, rather than to have a dark-skinned good man all to themselves. Many Black men are likewise attracted to the fairer skinned female.

The home based Super Eagles squad were defeated 1-0 Monday by Jordan in an international friendly which took place at the Amman International Stadium.

Skoda may soon hit a chord with the buying public following the recent introduction of the all new Rapid – a straightforward, spacious, good value B-segment competitor.

An emerging B–segment Rapid sedan is Skoda’s first model, incorporating the automaker’s new design language characterised by crisp lines that help to define clean surfaces. Rapid is available in Nigeria with the 1.6 litre turbocharged engine which delivers 77kw of power. This engine boasts very high fuel efficiency like other Skoda models.

A leading auto distributing company in the country, MS and Sons Auto Limited, has re-affirmed its commitment to delivering quality automobiles with the recent display of latest Peugeot models at the 15th Abuja Motor Fair.

The Nigerian Navy on Monday urged the public to disregard the story that Vice-Adm. Mike Akhigbe, a former Navy Chief of Staff, was dead.

All 12 host stadiums for next year’s World Cup will be ready on schedule in December, Brazilian Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said Monday.

An Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Iyaganku on Monday remanded Yekini Kazeem, 18, and Ifeanyi Ezekiel,18, for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl.

Michael Jackson’s former doctor Conrad Murray was released from jail Monday after serving two years of a four-year sentence for the late pop icon’s death in 2009, officials said.