Dr. Reginald Nwokocha, a general medicine practitioner and medical director of Hosanna Medical Centre, Ketu dismissed insinuations that gay practice is safe from the contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). He told CHARLES ADINGUPU in this interview that homosexuals are more exposed to STDs than those practising heterogeneous sex.

Homosexuality is an aberration in both the African tradition and Christian religion. Reverend Father Basil Okoro, a Catholic priest based in Lagos told CHARLES ADINGUPU that marriage is not a contract but a covenant to continue procreation.

Footballer, Ikechukwu Anayo, said: “I am a footballer, so the ban is not for somebody like me to exercise; it is not a blessing to me. I have friends who have been displaced because of this ban.

SINCE November 1,2012 when he restriction on commercial motorcycles (Okada) transportation took effect in three prime cities of Delta State, namely Asaba, the state capital, Warri and Effurun, the response has been opinionated, depending on who is speaking and his/her perception of the new development.

NEBULOUS yardsticks such as school enrolment, terrain, number of hospital beds and developmental efforts should be jettisoned as they constitute avenues for fraud and corruption. Having received its fair share, every state will then be able to conduct its own affairs the way her people want.