PENULTIMATE Saturday will for long remain indelible in the minds of the expatriate staff of construction giant, Setraco Nigeria Limited. That was the day one of their own was honored by the people of Oporoma in the Southern Ijaw council area of Bayelsa State.

About two weeks ago, there was jubilation at Okota-Itire and its environs when the Okota-Itire overhead bridge was commissioned by the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola. Indeed, most traders and artisans in the area did not transact businesses on that day as they thronged the venue with different placards expressing their appreciation of the good works done by the state government.

“What is with this IBB of a man? Why is he fighting tooth and nail to get back to Aso Rock?” asked Tony this Monday evening as the commuter bus moved slowly along the Ogba – Ikeja road. He was reacting to a statement by a commuter, Mr Laz who said that IBB will be the next president if we are not careful.

This is because the CAN Constitution does not have a provision for the disqualification of candidates on the basis of intra group’s crisis or manoeuvres.

The doctrine of ancestral curses, which is the staple in the diet of many preachers today, has come under criticism from the president of God’s Kingdom Society (GKS), Brother Oseghale Emmanuel Aighalua, who described the teaching as a grossly misleading and dangerous latter-day invention formulated by some church leaders for the purpose of generating easy money.