The Catholic Bishop of Minna Diocese, Martins Uzoukwu has advised Nigerians to show goodwill and love during the Valentine Day Celebration.

MEMBERS of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, in Cross River State on Sunday gathered in their numbers at Old Odukpani Road, Ikot Enobong in Calabar to pray for the recovery of President Mohammadu Buhari so he could stay alive and witness the actualization of sovereign state of Biafra.

AN encounter with Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff, evokes memory of the legendary swashbuckling army general; the ramrod soldier, what one could describe as a soldier’s soldier. This soldier characteristically carries a soft mien; he is friendly and quite unassuming.

Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) appears to be redefining itself in a manner that may soon necessitate a name change to reflect the inherent distortions in its newfound direction. This group has before now distinguished itself as one that rises to the occasion each time the rights of Nigerians are being trampled upon, which would make it sad if it leaves this noble pursuit for a narrower one defined by parochial considerations.

AS the world educates and initiates her young ones as modern species more aggressively attuned to the flexibilities of modernity as working antidote to rigid political antiquity which is largely Africa’s bane, Africa, yes, Nigeria, has ingloriously glued itself to gerontocracy.