I shall begin on a morbid note. One of the horror stories that emerged from the Daesh (Isis) controlled parts of Iraq was the gruesome tale of the mother who had a daughter affected by wanderlust, even in that endangered zone. One day, when she looked for her to attend to some home chores, she found that she had gone missing yet again. As she searched, she shouted in frustration: ”As Allah is my witness, I’ll kill that girl when I catch up with her”. A neighbor overheard and reported her to the Hisbah. The mother was summoned by the mullahs who ordered her to put the child to death, since she had sworn by Allah.

Shock and disbelief could be the appropriate words to describe the outcome of the recently declared outcome of the United States of America election results. Shock and disbelief because the man whom God has allowed to win the Presidential election seems like a dark horse to the rest of the world in general and some sections of the American Electorate in particular.

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr claims Mikel Obi is being “punished” by Premier League club Chelsea for playing at the Rio Olympics.

LAST month, the wind of change began sweeping through the Judiciary of this nation, and brought with it division in the family of the lawyers and Judges, but unlike most families in this world, disagreement within the Judiciary bring all members closer in the end, because by training and structure, the Judiciary is the last bastion of hope of a people, and all members of the bar and the bench know and hold this as sacrosanct.

I WAS diagnosed with pneumonia and being treated for pneumonia until I got to London where I was told I had cancer of the lungs”. Gani Fawehinmi (1938 – 2009).