By June 2013, he would have clocked two years in the National Assembly as the member representing Aba Federal Constituency in the Nigeria’s House of Representatives. To some people, two years may be no basis for evaluation of his performance since he has two more years to serve out his tenure. But in the reckoning of his constituents, Hon. Uzo Azubuike, might have done a lot in two years to earn him some credit.

Renowned Nigerian beauty brand, House of Tara International, last week launched its highly anticipated book House of Tara 100 Voices in an exclusive event in Lagos.

For four weeks I was not been able to put my pen on paper on issues I would have loved to write about. Issues like Super Eagles near loss to Namibia in a World Cup qualifier in Windhoek and then the embarrassing refusal of the players to travel to Brazil for the Confederations Cup over protests on slashed match bonus.

CERTAINLY, when an American philosopher, George Santayana, noted that ‘’those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it,” the ancient and modern Egyptian leaders were not his reference point. But with a recurring history of a presidency that had always ended ignominiously, the country could easily pass for the focal point of that historical quote.

If weeping could raise the dead, tears from hundreds of traders at Bodija Market, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Tuesday, would certainly do. But the grief that trailed the death of ten traders, allegedly murdered by Boko Haram in Muguna, Borno State was not enough to wake the dead.