ABUJA- SOME might call this a miracle, others might say she is favoured, but whichever way one chooses to classify this, it is interesting to know that Binta Danjuma, 17, could walk again after being paralyzed for over six years with a strange illness termed “Tuberculosis (TB) of the spine”. The girl, who is now a star in her school because of her superlative performance, was taken to several hospitals within the period of her paralysis in search of healing but the best the medical doctor could do was to recommend a wheel-chair for her so that she could be taken anywhere she wanted to go.

Permit me to begin this contribution with two incontrovertible assertions. Firstly had we successfully answered what has come to be collectively known as the ‘’Nationality Question’’ in the ’50s and ’60s there would have been no civil war in 1967. Secondly had we not chosen to forget our differences but instead had we tried to understand them, the last 53 years of our existence as an independent nation would have witnessed far more unity, stability and progress than it has done.

After the world championships in Moscow, Russia the attention of Athletics Federation of Nigeria is turned to the African junior championships, billed for August 29- September 1 in Mauritius.

It is no longer news that the All Peoples Congress (APC) has been registered in Owan East and Owan West LGAs in Edo State. The registration has re- energize the political life of the people.

In his new book entitled, “Delicate Distress: An Interpreter’s Account of the Nigerian Dilemma”, Dr. Amanze Obi, scholar and frontline Nigerian journalist, asks disturbing questions about Nigeria. He delves into Nigeria’s 2007 general elections, digging up its controversial rubbles. He also raises questions about the politics of number that has tended to widen the gulf between the North and the South of the country, among other issues

It was jubilation galore, Saturday, as the first international aircraft, the Ethiopian Airline Boeing 737-800 ET-APL landed at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.

Femi Fani- Kayode comes as a relevance seeking opportunist who is fond of jumping into every national issue and almost always injecting tribalism into simple issues of citizenship or social justice as a strategy. Being incapable of being objective or constructive, his articles/utterances are often full of contradictions and sometimes outright nonsense.

Olorogun (Barr.) Fred Okiemute Majemite, lawyer and politician, is political adviser to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State. He is also the Okiemute ro Ovie of Ughelli Kingdom. He wants to contest the bye-election for the vacant Delta Central Senatorial seat when INEC gives the go-ahead. In this interview, he says as a staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, he has what it takes to reposition the district at the Senate. Excerpts:

Festus Keyamo has confirmed the kidnap of a prominent Lagos-based lawyer and social critic by gunmen .

Salisu Yusuf, the Chief Coach of Enyimba FC of Aba, on Saturday urged the League Management Company (LMC), to work hard to wrestle the running of club football away from government.

Dr Peter Alabi, the Chief Medical Director, University Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, has called on government and the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to embrace dialogue to end the ongoing strike by the workers.

…I engineered murder plot – Night guard
Did a housewife hire an assassin to kill her rival? Or did the family night guard try to assassinate his master’s wife? These are the knotty questions the police in Ibadan, Oyo State capital are attempting to answer after a suspected hired assassin, Ikechukwu Christopher, was arrested.

Thousands of Muslims rallied peacefully in northern Nigeria on Saturday to demand the return of Egypt’s Islamist former president Mohamed Morsi, ousted by the military early last month.

Lukas Podolski claimed a brace as Arsenal kicked their Premier League campaign into gear on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Fulham at a sodden Craven Cottage.

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has charged the Editors of various media houses in the country to ensure that they discharge the role properly as the watchdog of the society by monitoring the implementation of budgets, in order to achieve transparency and accountability in governance at all levels.