The step-mother of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, Chief (Mrs) Adunni Bankole, is dead.

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, has warned that efforts of government functionaries at all levels towards accomplishing the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, would be nowhere near a success unless they designed statutory means for them to be actively involved in governance rather than dealing with the traditional rulers in accordance with the dictate of their whims and caprices.

The full report of the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) initiated in the wake of the allegation of missing funds belonging to the Federation Account in the NNPC custody may be ready later this month.

THE police in Edo State, yesterday, arrested 27 suspected cultists alleged to be involved in the killing of about 15 persons across the state in the past two months in rival cult war.

It was a swell Christmas for one of the victims of the Nyanya bomb blast when Women in Clergy, under the leadership of Prophetess Nonnie Robertson, gave her reason to smile without her only child whom she lost in the bomb blast.

THE death of a former Acting Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Dr David Oguntuase, in a mysterious fire incident on Christmas day has pitted the police against the family of the deceased and his colleagues in the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

One can hardly discuss Kwara politics today without making reference to the Sarakis, particularly the late elder statesman and second republic Senate leader, Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki, who died two years ago

It seems that there is so much polarisation when it comes to the two presidential candidates. I was not expecting the deluge of responses from far and wide. It does not take a genius to know that there is great expectations and anxiety come February 2015. Either way, people seem to have pitched their camp already. We should put sentiments aside and the priority should be for the good of all Nigerians and Nigeria.

Vigorous indigenous rapper, Reminisce who said his Alaga Ibile album sold up to one million copies upon its release has told Potpourri that he could release an English rap album if the market encourages it.

THERE is no likelihood that anyone would be faulted for describing Prof Bolaji Akinyemi as a man of many parts.He means different things to different people.

Indeed, he comes across as a colossal scholar, fascinating diplomat, imaginary politician, misunderstood activist and quintessential statesman.