The Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, and member representing Isoko federal constituency, Hon Leo Ogor, yesterday, celebrated Christmas with orphans.

This story examines former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s latest dance steps, a break-dance of twists and turns with one suspected objective: the actualisation of a self-serving agenda that is at variance with the projection of a united Nigeria. Yet, a more perceptive incumbent President would have pulled all the stops to successfully rein-in Obasanjo.

When earlier this year a campaign tagged “Not Again” was launched by notable women human rights group, Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre, WARDC, calling for concerted efforts towards ending the increasing number of Nigerian women who die at childbirth, not many understood the need for more of such campaigns in Nigeria until a couple of weeks ago when another needless maternal death dramatically occurred.

I am glad that the APC eventually took my advice and saw the wisdom in not fielding a Muslim/Muslim ticket for the 2015 presidential election even though I hear that, right up till the last minute, they almost did.

A six-year-old girl was reportedly burnt to death in a Christmas eve fire incident at the Swali suburb of Yenagoa,  Bayelsa State.