IN Nigeria’s socio-cultural settings, the brand: “Calabar Man/Woman” often ignores the fact that the people being referred to had one of the earliest exposures to Medieval European merchants among the various Nigerian cultural groups.

IN Nigeria’s socio-cultural settings, the brand: “Calabar Man/Woman” often ignores the fact that the people being referred to had one of the earliest exposures to Medieval European merchants among the various Nigerian cultural groups.

Under normal circumstances where political and public offices are geared towards the service of the people, there is little or no personal gain in capturing power or its retention. Very few Nigerians now believe the flowery promises that politicians make on their campaign trails, but we recognize the rapid transformation to affluence of these self-proclaimed servants of the people!

Here we go again, another October 1st… . It brings to the fore our yearnings for a nation worth its salt, blessed with abundant human and natural resources to re-assess itself and see if it is where it should be. Well are we? Methinks not! It is not about declaring a public holiday; it is about the next step, where do we go from here?

I’ll begin with a response to the Orbit online by a reader of this column last week who went by the name “Oladeji Y.” I’m far less troubled by the grammatical infelicities of his response as by his distortions and ignorance of historic facts. It reflects the quality of our education that at this level, awareness of Nigerian history is scandalously low among Nigerians. As a result, national discourse frequently slips into extremely vacuous ethnic and polemical diatribe. Oladeji Y rapidly makes the discussion of the “nationality” question his own comeuppance on the Igbo.

If you hope to see the end of this case you must have more than nine lives. It will most probably outlast the life of this administration and distract its attention for as long as it lasts. You can bet on that!

It is time once again for the ruling class to celebrate Nigeria’s independence. Indeed, activities to that effect commenced last Sunday when President Goodluck Jonathan attended an interdenominational church service that day, although the event got to its omega point yesterday, October 1, when the country became 51 years old. Evidently, for the average Nigerian to get to 51 years in this country is an achievement, considering the fact that latest estimates of life expectancy for men and women are below 50 years.

What remains evergreen in each person’s memory depends largely on the unique experiences he garners while growing-up. For me, what I recollect so vividly is my routine task as a youth of talking with my uncle-Ajayi-who had a habit of saying something quite different all the time from the subject at hand

Troy Davis, ( 42) was executed on September 21,2011, in the United States of America and some would say he merited his execution. Because he was found guilty of the death of an off- duty policeman, Mark MacPhail.

Her utmost wish is to see every Nigerian child become a champion with his or her talent. She believes that every honest talent comes from God and should be used for personal and societal enhancement. Against this backdrop, young and talented Beeyolah has since 2000 organised the Merger of Talents Concert for the promotion of musical talents such as singing, dancing and playing of musical instruments. A pianist and an impresario, she is the diva behind Divine Octaves, a soul-inspiring entertainment outfit under which she has also promoted musical talents in children in the last three years via her Kids Got Talent show whose third edition will be holding next month. She shared with Vista Woman the idea behind Kids Got Talent. Her words: