LEADERS of thought, elder statesmen from four of the six geo-political zones of the country, under the aegis of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, yesterday, stormed the Asokoro residence of former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (retd), pleading with him to help the country from the  Armageddon, which has befallen it.

As Nigeria battles with strategies to stem the rising level of drug abuse in the country, Pharmacy Plus Ltd is deepening the delivery of healthcare products to Nigerian homes with the launch of WhiteHouse Apple Cider Vinegar.

Organisers of the Edo state Cycling Tour have named a 12-man Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the championship slated to hold in the state next month, spokesman of the event, Osaretin Emuze has disclosed.

The pan-Yoruba socio-political  organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, frowned at the statement credited to  the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, who faulted the Yoruba body and the Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, on their stance against the creation of cattle ranches for Fulani herders in the South West.

RELIEF is available for women that usually experience vaginal dryness and discomfort from non-secretion of vaginal fluid as  Moist Personal Lubricant from the stables of  Sheffield Pharmaceuticals in New London, Connecticut USA,  helps such women maintain adequate moistness when they require it most.

THE member representing Ukwuani Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Dr Alphosus Ojo has presented his score card to his constituents with a promise to attract more dividends of democracy to the area when given another opportunity to serve.

While Nigeria is grappling with the ‘headache’ of huge housing deficit, fresh facts have emerged as to the reason the deficit has continued to increase.

Kogi West Youth Alliance, yesterday, at Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, state secretariat in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, paid for the Intent Form for Abubakar Idris, signaling his approval to contest the governorship in 2019.

THE system of    government favoured by Nigerians has always been the democratic system.  Even military governments in Nigeria seize power ostensibly in the interest of upholding or promoting democratic structures.  We even had a period, under Ibrahim Babangida, when a military government at the federal level orchestrated democratic structures and elections at the state and local government levels.

MY gentle readers would have heard about the outburst last week by presidential spokesman Femi Adesina during a morning television interview on AIT. When questioned about the rationale for the government’s insistence on ranching, considering people’s attachment to their ancestral lands, the man exploded: “Ancestral attachment? You can only have ancestral attachment when you are alive. If you are talking about ancestral attachment, if you are dead, what does the attachment matter? What does it matter again?  Ancestral attachment? You can only have attachment when you are alive….What will the land be used if those who own it are dead at the end of the day.… not every state will have land for ranches. But where you have land and you can do something, please do for peace. What will the land be used for if those who own it are dead at the end of the day?”