ABEOKUTA—A 43-year-old man, Adebisi Akinrinmola, who allegedly killed his ex-wife’s husband, Ashimiyu Ademola, last week at Ajebo village, Ijebu-Igbo area of Ogun State, has begged that he should not be sentenced to death, saying the devil made him do it.

As you enter the passage leading to the reception of the Centre for Blacks and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC), Broad Street, Lagos, the carved replica of the 16th-century Benin ivory mask standing (about 20 x 10 feet) like a colossus near the staircase, both intimidates and pulls you like a magnate. It was the festival emblem for FESTAC ’77.

LAGOS—Many were speechless and others moved to tears, weekend, when they were conducted round a warehouse in Satellite Town, Lagos, that was filled with sub-standard tyres imported into the country by some Chinese nationals.

THREE year old Nigerian gospel singer, songwriter, saxophonist, televangelist and Director of Music with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Kunle Ajayi is expected to lead over 140 worshippers to perform at this year’s Marathon Messiah Praise worship which begins at noon today.

Old Mutual Insurance has disclosed that the Nigerian insurance market is far bigger than the South African and Ghanaian insurance markets.

The strength of a nation’s currency is an expression of the vibrancy, and robustness of that country’s economy. Conversely, a very weak currency therefore is a mark of a country with a perverse economic mix.

THE first tentative ideas about globalization of markets originated in the US at Harvard Business School, HBS, where people like Professor Theodore Levy were pushing the idea of open markets worldwide. In the beginning it was an idea promoted by the West and Japan, who were dominant in the global economy.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalung has called for an emergency meeting with the executive board members of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

Nigerians in CAF have kicked against Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick’s support for Mr Ahmad of Madagascar in the forthcoming CAF elections.

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that former President of South Africa, late Nelson Mandela and a South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop, Bishop Desmond Tutu’s advice among others that prompted him to go into the presidential race in 1999.