To many people in many cultures, music is an important part of their way of life. Common sayings such as “the harmony of the spheres” and “it is music to my ears” point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. Chidiebele, a legal practitioner a.k.a. Dusky with a strong passion for music shares the uniqueness of his love for music and how he doesn’t only intend to bring a message of hope through this medium but also be the message of hope. Excerpt.

With over fifty filmmakers from seven countries of the world, including over two hundred local film makers and stakeholders in attendance, this year’s edition of the prestigious Africa International Film Festival, AFRIFF, which ends today in Calabar, Cross River State, will go down in history as one of the very important film festivals that have helped to redefine the place of Africa in the world of film making.

Being an agrarian state where most of the people are peasants and live through subsistence means, the people of Yobe have before this administration, been struggling to cope with the high cost of health care services.

The social trauma induced by the unexpected fuel price hike of January 1, 2012 seems to have put further discussions on appropriate pricing of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the cooler. Meanwhile, government’s attempt to cleanse the Augean stable of fuel subsidy scams seems to have had little or no effect on the humongous value of subsidy paid to oil marketers.

The 180 persons arrested by the Imo State Police Command have insisted they are election monitors and not thugs as claimed by the police.

In a statement on Friday, the suspects said they are members of the Justice and Equity Organization, JEO, and they had been accredited as observer in the November 16 Gubernatorial election in Anambra State.