I believe it is a western social orientation. There is nothing in our culture as Africans that takes to colours for boy or girl. And even now, it is not every parent that takes to it

LAWYERS, surveyors and other professionals under the aegis of Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria, APBN, have asked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to reverse his administration’s policy nullifying all Certificates of Occupancy, C of Os, in the state, describing it as “brazen violation of the law.”

IN his November 5, 1952 concession speech, after losing the presidential election to Dwight Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson was asked how much it pained that a dye- in-the-wool politician, should lose the presidential election to a political neophyte who had just retired as General.

The Federal High Court, Kano, presided over by Justice Fatu Riman, yesterday, convicted and sentenced a senior lawyer, Yakubu Mohammed Na-Allah, to four years imprisonment without option of fine for offences of money laundering to the tune of N50 million.

THE Eyitayo Campaign Organisation in Ondo state yesterday asked members of the public to shun the distribution of bread by persons loyal to the All Progressives Congress APC governorship candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu SAN.

PDP Governorship Candidate, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, has promised to ensure power shift to the Akoko area of the state, if elected.

Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in Delta State, Chiedu Ebie, has urged Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, faithful in Ika South Local Government Area, to remain steadfast and committed to the party.

The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) yesterday said it had recovered N4.2 billion in remittances from collecting banks into the federation account. Mr Shettima Gana, the commission’s acting Chairman, said this while inducting the lead consultants and other auditors on the verification and reconciliation of revenue collections and remittances by the collecting banks.

The Shiites in Nigeria have a strong affinity with Iran. It is a country regarded as the hub of global terrorism and the Shiites in Nigeria operates under the deceptive tag of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN).

WITH the current realities and business uncertainties, what brings about success in your organisation today might not bring the same success tomorrow. An idea, thought, or belief that we have been used to in the time past and that has worked may not work for us in the same manner it did in the time past.