I JOIN in the tributes to Professor Wole Soyinka at 80, not necessarily because he is a genius. It is more because like Nelson Mandela, he is a courageous humanist with a compassion for the weak who wields enormous moral authority. Unlike Mandela, but like Mahatma Ghandi, he earned this without holding formal political office.

The Court of Appeal in Enugu, presided by Justice M.O. Bolaji-Yusuf, has ordered a bank (names withheld) to refund the sum of N637,920, 556 to its customer, F.G Onyenwe Motors Nigeria Limited, for alleged fraudulent perpetuation of excessive and unlawful charges on the customer’s account in the course of transactions with the bank.

Elder statesman and First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has blamed the federal government for the continued existence of the dreaded Boko Haram sects in the country.

FORTY- Four years after, the Civil War , Igbo delegates asked for N2. 6 trillion as reparation and compensation for the devastation Igbo land experienced during the 1967 to 1970 war.

EVERY nation takes her security very seriously. The only difference being the degree of investments, which vary according to individual experiences and circumstances.

IT appears some Nigerians would only be satisfied if each family gets a State. Even then, husband and wife may not agree on who becomes the governor of their State. Things are that ridiculous.

MINNA — A Kontagora High Court has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Isah Makeri, to a four-year jail term without an option of fine for raping a nine-year-old girl.

YENAGOA — A commercial sex worker in Bayelsa State, weekend, gave birth to a baby girl and sold the child for N20,000 at the Ovom suburb of Yenagoa.

Former governor of Bayelsa State and delegate to the ongoing national conference, Chief Diepreye Alamaesigha on Monday said that the Niger delta communities were planning to shut down oil production in the region to forestall a looming earthquake and other natural disasters.

Three candidates, among them the acting Vice Chancellor of Bayelsa State government-owned Niger Delta University, have declared their intenterest for the position of substantive vice chancellor of the institution.