The Trump-Hillary conundrum
THE expression ‘between Scylla and Charybdis’ came from the personification of two phenomenal hazards of navigation, both occurring off Italy’s narrow straits of Messina: one hazard named ‘Scylla’ was a ‘rock’ dangerously positioned against the ease of marine movement; the other named ‘Charybdis’ was a freak of perilous ‘whirlpool’ on the opposite side of Scylla and equally as threatening to sea-going vessels.
Avengers dismiss FG’s parley with MEND as monologue not dialogue
YENAGOA—Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, said, yesterday, that the supposed Federal Government banter with Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, which both claimed to be a dialogue with Niger Delta militants, was simply a monologue.
Felix Ibru laid to rest amidst tributes
AGBARHA-OTOR—THE remains of the first civilian governor of Delta State, Olorogun Felix Ibru, were, yesterday, laid to rest at his Agbarha-Otor country home, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state, amidst tributes and eulogies.
NIKI TOBI: A jurist for the ages
Hon. Justice Niki Tobi, late Justice of the Supreme Court, was notably a simple man – so simple that he was known without any epithet but addressed only as NIKI TOBI! I can’t recall any other Judge within our judicial firmament who was addressed so simply, without any titular adornment or embroidery.
NBA Election: Supporters bicker over alleged ‘rigging’
The first Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, electronic voting national election has come and gone, but the dust it raised has not settled. The election which took place last Saturday July 30 and Sunday , July 31, saw lawyers who paid their practising fees and branch dues as at March 31, 2016, voting electronically from any location they were, both within and outside the country.
Nollywood naturalistas
This international star has never been one afraid to stand alone but she joins the natural hair movement on this one. Naturally beautiful, it seems only apt that she should choose natural.
