Wife of Niger State governor, Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello, has, through her pet project, RAISE Foundation, given succour to 63 Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) and 1,029 cervical cancer victims who undertook surgeries at her expense, just as she also empowered over 1,500 women in rural areas.

A group exhibition tagged Identity, curated by Ekemelu Nnoli, CEO, Denk Spaces and Udemma Chukwuma featuring 25 remarkable paintings, drawings, mixed media and sculptures by five contemporary Nigerian artists, will open on July 9, at Denk Spaces, 13, Uyo Crescent, off Emeka Anyaoku Street, Area 11, Garki, Abuja, and will run till July 30, 2017.

A few years back, some international soothsayers predicted that Nigeria would be unable to survive a likely turmoil in 2015. For two simple reasons, everyone suspected that such a fate would be the handiwork of our politicians.

SIX days to the expiration of the papal ultimatum to Catholic priests of the Ahiara Mbaise Catholic Diocese to write apology letters as precondition for their continued stay as clerics, there appears to be no sign of remorse on their part.

What do we do with Nigeria is not the question, but what Nigerians should do as citizens. Placing the blame and ills on the how Nigeria is structured is evading and avoiding decades of the protracted misadministration and mismanagement of successive governments on merely national structure. I wish it were that simple but it is not. Seriously there have cracks in the fault line of the national fabric and all administrations have contributed to its failure so by simply blaming it on structure, it is disingenuous, evasive and purposely trying to extricate themselves from the monumental failures of Nigeria and it is not helpful.