As parents gathered in the chapel of St. Gregory’s College, Ikoyi, Lagos, for the Holy Mass to commence the graduation ceremonies of their children last Saturday, one feeling was mutual: joy. Beyond that, there were divergent feelings.

At my age and with my profession, it is inescapable that I would have had encounters with the police at different levels. I have been locked up, put under house arrest, invited to make statements on quite a few occasions and once kept in the cold for over an hour at a check point at 2 am for refusing to ‘co-operate.’ But I can say that I have never been personally brutalised in any of the encounters. In that, going by the law of averages, I would say I have been very lucky.

Following its efforts in nation building and economic growth via research and capacity development, Lagos Business School’s First Bank Sustainability in collaboration with SUN business network, stakeholders in nutrition, public and private sectors together on ‘Nutrition: Everyone’s Business’. The programme which targeted ‘scaling up nutrition’ for healthy living which empowers workforce according to experts and promotes economic growth. The convening was organized in collaboration with SBN and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).

WO weeks after the expiration of papal directive to Catholic priests in Ahiara Mbaise Diocese to write individual letters of apology to the Catholic Pontiff or risk suspension, there is no clear indication if all the priests had complied with the directive and what action Pope Francis, who was visibly vexed by the embarrassment the protracted rejection of Bishop Peter Okpaleke, has taken.

Like other women who are breaking the artificial barriers foisted on them by the society, Oluwaseun Aina and American author, Kathy Brodsky have thrown their weights around a worthy course.