Still basking in the euphoria of accolades that greeted his government’s decision to construct modern, state-of-the-art Caring Heart Mega Schools across the state, Governor Olusegun Mimiko has blazed another trail with the introduction of free shuttle bus scheme for primary and secondary school students.

It is to him who masters our minds by the force of truth, not to those who enslave men by violence; it is to him who understands the universe, not to those who disfigure it, that we owe our reverence- Voltaire (1694-1778)
And so one after the other in the year of our Lord 2013, the awards saluting the remarkable achievements of State of Osun Governor Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola rolled in.

“While I believe that a good and truly national political party must be a microcosm of the nation in its membership, made up of all sorts of characters from near-saints to near-satan, I also believe that on no account should a known habitual criminal that is wanted abroad to face criminal charges levelled against him be extolled as a political leader in a respectable and wholesome nation-building political party.

At a time Nigerian graduates are being challenged to be proactive and employ their education creatively, a young graduate creates a card game he called Kommon Sense.
Kommon Sense Master Cards, a game made up of 72 cards, with very familiar subject matters in words and images, was created by Victor Prince Dickson, a graduate of University of Jos.

President Goodluck Jonathan has been asked to strengthen the institutions with the statutory responsibility for deepening democratic culture in Nigeria.
A former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Pastor Power Aginighan, who spoke on the occasion of his 55th birthday yesterday, made the call.

It has been a season of explosions in Rivers State. The most recent cases were the ones recorded in the early hours of Monday at Ahoada High Court in Ahoada East local government area and the one at Okehi High Court in Etche local government area.

And women of course, have little or no support other than keep quiet and say nothing. It is traumatic and the psychological ramification lasts much longer than the physical damage. And for the men who perpetuate such criminal acts, they are by all intents and purposes rapists. Yes, I said it! if a man forces themselves on a girl or woman,they are in the eye of the law rapists. We have misplaced our sense of morality and integrity if we think we can justify this away. Not this time this proverbial cat is out of the bag. When something is wrong it is wrong. As a daughter, mother and sister, it is important to speak out. Every girl, woman, wife, mother, sister, niece have the right to feel safe and protected.

Days after residents of Jos rejoiced over peaceful Christmas and New Year celebrations which they saw as signaling a gradual return of peace to Plateau State, gunmen attacked a village throwing the state into mourning.
By Taye Obateru and Marie-Therese Nanlong

It was the most horrifying experience of my life. Battered,Blended pepper in my private part, I didn’t know I would survive

The convoy actually came to a halt in the sunny afternoon despite the fuming blast of the siren, a development that prompted the deputy governor’s ADC, Inspector Gaya Mark, to jump out of one of the vehicles to remove a motorcyclist turning in the middle of the road to pick a passenger oblivious of the convoy. Dramatically, as he dragged the Okada rider off the road, he slumped. And before he could be rushed to the Civil Service Clinic, at the end of the road, Gaya had given up the ghost. The ADC was believed to have died of cardiac arrest.