Senegalese court ruled in Dakar, Weekend, that the former Chadian dictator, Hissene Habre, convicted for crimes against humanity in May, would have to pay tens of thousands of dollars in reparations to his victims.

The word, “continuity” seems to be central to the campaigns of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the forthcoming governorship election in Edo state. From the way the word has been severally bandied around of recent by leaders, officials and members of the party, the latter are no doubt convinced that the out-going governor, Adams Oshiomhole who belongs to their party has done well and as such should be succeeded by another APC man. What does not appear to occur to the party is that there are so many things that have happened in the state that many citizens never wished for and never expected.

FOURTEEN months after taking over the reins of power in Aso Villa, former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri has reminded Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of a statement credited to him countdown to the 2015 election, where he said “Jonathan was leading a visionless government.”

The controversy surrounding the padding of the 2016 Budget at the House of Representatives continued yesterday with the alleged sealing of the office of the House Committee on Appropriation by some people suspected to be operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS).

In commemoration of the Pan African Women’s Day maiden celebration today (Sunday), women in Lagos State have called on government to adopt a more gender-sensitive approach in policy formulation.

The Managing Director of IPMAN Investment Limited, Mr Tunji Adeniji, has exonerated its company over reports of alleged N10.9 billion subsidy scam credited to a factional president of IPMAN, Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo.

Bokkos, like other local government areas in Plateau State, is agrarian.Besides being the native home of the Challa, Ron, Kulere, Mushere, and other indigenous tribes, the local government also has settlers with herders grazing their cattle in the area.

D r Adah Obekpa was a presidential aspirant of the African Renaissance Party (ARP) ahead of the 2011 general elections. In fact, Obekpa emerged as the ARP presidential candidate before he was substituted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He went to court to challenge the substitution. The case first came up on April 13, 2011, three days before the 2011 presidential poll, at the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi and judgement delivered on March 16, 2016. The court ruled against him but he has now lodged an appeal at the Court of Appeal.

After the last Ofala for our late Igwe on Nov 14,2015, the seat was officially declared vacant. And, in accordance with the town’s Constitution, the next village to produce the Igwe, Uruabor, was expected to present three candidates to the leadership of the Uke community for consideration. I am from Uruezeani quarters of Uruabor and was among the three candidates who emerged and presented to the Uke Town Union leadership. After due diligence, election was then fixed for December 19, 2015 and, at the end of the day, I emerged victorious.

The Dino Melaye versus Oluremi Tinubu confrontation in the House of Representatives, allegations of sexual misdemeanour levelled against three members of the House and reactions of Nigerians to these events have raised once again issues of sexuality, gender relations and the hypocritical holier-than-thou attitudes of people towards sex and gender relations in the society. Just like homoerotic relationships to which most Nigerians respond emotionally based on antiquated cultural and religious prejudices devoid of scientific credibility, sex and the justifiable disgust associated with men bullying or oppressing defenceless woman instinctively elicit negative reactions to the extent that rational discussion becomes extremely difficult.