Widows and orphans residing in Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos recently had a reason to celebrate as Jay Mecare Foundation (JMC), a non-profit organization, organised a workshop for them and the aged with a conference centred on motivation and empowerment for vulnerable women and youths. The one day event attracted dozens of participants that were engaged in various vocational skills, health tips, entrepreneurial lectures and moral counseling.

FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been singing a tune, which I find strange for a Northern politician of Fulani extraction. Ordinarily, there should be no nexus between tribe and ideology, in that anyone from any ethnic background could be a Marxist, Capitalist, Theocrat (Islamist or Christian fundamentalist, if there is any such thing) or the everything-goes Libertarians like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

That was about four years ago and it was a day of mixed feelings for me. On one hand I was happy and proud to see my first daughter get married, and on the other hand, I was concerned about how well she will be taken care of in her new home and how her in-laws will treat her. She actually got married to a Ghanaian.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday, arraigned one Elvis Yemaye before Justice Olubunmi Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, on a two-count charge bordering on impersonation, forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of $17,863.

As the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) lost three corps members within 21 days, stakeholders, especially parents are questioning the conditions of living in the camp. You would recall that a corps member, Miss Elechi Chinyerum, 27, five days after arriving at the Bayelsa National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp died after bleeding and vomiting.