THIS column is today taking time off from the murky waters of politics to bring you the profile of a purist; a true democrat of our time; and one man in whom there is hope that Nigeria is still possible – Chief (Dr.) John Odigie-Oyegun.

DR. STEPHEN DAVIS is an original case of loose cannon. He is both a muckraker and fisher in troubled waters; a man whose real mission to Nigeria can only be understood through proper investigation. He came dressed in the borrowed robes of “federal government negotiator” with Boko Haram.

Chieftains of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South West yesterday said the party would not be caught unawares in the next month’s Adamawa State governorship elction.

Chief Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Lokoja, Kogi State, Dr. Gbadebo Eleshin, yesterday, said the centre would appeal the suspension of four of its doctors by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.

Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association, ASPMDA, which had been embroiled in leadership crisis, may be heading to the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, as a Lagos High Court held that it lacked the competence to discharge an ex-parte order obtained by a faction of the association.

A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Publisher of Champion Newspapers, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has called on Nigerians to continue to support the Federal Government in its current fight against the Boko Haram Islamic insurgents and other serious crimes in the country, such as kidnapping and armed robbery.

Professor Akachi Ezeigbo from the Department of English, University of Lagos, a Chief Examiner at the 15th Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition has faulted parents, teachers and educational managers for students’ failure, urging them to put in more effort at guiding their children to develop their own skills. She frowned at parents helping students with tasks and assignments that would give false impressions of their skills describing it as misleading

LAGOS — The Nigerian Navy, NN, yesterday, in Lagos, arrested five persons alleged to be parading themselves as naval personnel.

MR MIKE Igini, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Cross River State, in this interview reels out steps to ensure the implementation of the just concluded National Conference report among other issues

President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that the #Bring Back Jonathan 2015 signs and banners around Abuja which he and many Nigerians be brought down immediately.