IT’S no longer news that he average woman could be as dangerous a predator as her male counterpart. Men have always used dirty tricks to get women into bed against their will. So when a women, wanting a bit-on-the-side from a man she fancies, uses all her wiles to get him, why can’t he take it in his stride and ‘chop and wipe mouth’ without complaining the ploy was Jezebel’s?

A five-day visit, September 6-10, 1998, enabled me to obtain some first-hand information and a few insights into the making of an Asian “Tiger”. Although the visit came only a few weeks after the Government formally acknowledged that the country’s economy was in recession, I saw evidence of the economic transformation that the country had achieved during the two decades from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s.

Mr. Kingsley Muturu is Delta State Chairman of ex-militants under the Phase 2 of the Amnesty Programme. In this interview, he shares alleged experience of harassment in the hands of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Niger Delta. He also condemns the arrest and secret detention of another ex-militant leader, Mr Francis Muturu, aka ‘General Aboy’, as well as calls on the Minister of Defence, the Inspector-General of Police, Director of SSS and others to intervene in the matter.

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has assured of his administration’s commitment to complete the ongoing construction of Sango-Ojodu road.

Contrary to claims that the Federal Government has received the backing of governors to dispose of national assets to reflate the economy, the federal government has said that it is not selling off its key national assets as a means of getting out of recession.

FOR throwing his weight behind the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over a major policy disagreement with the Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, on interest rate, former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has asked the Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi, to abdicate the throne and go into politics.

Professor Soyinka’s comment can be found at the back of an album which must be a rare collection of artworks presented as photography. It takes one to know one; and Soyinka, an incomparable artist himself, is the sort of person to appreciate genius in an artist operating in another medium. The album is titled SUNMI’s LENS – medium BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE; and I have a copy on account of despair and idleness.

When I assumed duties, there was fear of crime. It was rampant in the state. Sequel to the attack on Nimbo where people’s lives were lost and properties damaged, there was palpable fear in the communities that such may repeat itself. There were rumours here and there of impending attacks from herdsmen and then present attacks

Let’s begin this edition of Joyful Homes on a different note. Especially since we ended last week’s note with the assurance that every yoke can be broken with the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

The Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa has raised the bar recently as he becomes the first and only state governor in Nigeria to acquire the e-Government certification from Delta State Innovation Hub. Speaking with Technology Journalists at the week in Lagos, the Director General, DG, of Delta State Innovation Hub Chris Uwaje said that in line with global standards, 21st century leadership and governance is incomplete without digital proficiency in e-Government process certification.

ARSENE Wenger said up and coming star Alex Iwobi needs to improve on his game and he will be the complete player that the Gunners could rely on.

Since the former Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, was relieved of his position, the House has known no peace. The image of the House and the entire National Assembly has suffered tremendous bashing.

Private sector and market reactions at the weekend turned positive to the position of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in the aftermath of last week’s divergence between the apex bank and the finance ministry over interest rates.

Nigeria’s Sand Eagles will slug it out with west African rivals Ghana in Group A of the final tournament of the second edition of the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations.

Superiority war is about to be witnessed in the House of God as followers of Prophet T.B Joshua and Warri-based cleric, Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, are trading words following a post on Facebook, where the general public was warned against the “antics of Fufeyin, who is accused of addressing himself as the ‘first son’ of T.B Joshua.