I was at a funeral ceremony, that of Mrs Helen Ogbobine, wife of the late Justice Rufus Ogbobine and biological mother to Peter and Paul Ogbobine, on Thursday and Friday, 13th and 14th instant.

THE 2015 elections may still be more than a year away, but in Delta State, some of the gubernatorial hopefuls are already at one another’s throats in what is fast deteriorating into a rat race to Government House. My projection is that the desperation with which various hopefuls for the governorship are trying to actualize their ambitions may end up framing the elections in crisis, bad blood and most unfortunately, in ethnic hatred

The word Boko Haram is synonymous with terrorism and insurgency in Nigeria. It is so popular in local and international media and also in the print, online and electronic media.

THE debate over the quality of cement being sold in Nigeria cannot be ignored, owing to the importance of cement in building and construction. Cement is a chemical binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. With all these qualities, cement is no doubt, a central factor in building and construction. It serves as the major framework which all other materials cling to.

ONE of the first major challenges that confronted President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, when he assumed power, was how to deal with the mass protests of January 1, 2012, following government’s sudden hike of petrol pump prices from N65 to N141 a litre. The explanation for the increase was that scrapping the fuel subsidy would save $8 billion a year, the bulk of which was falling into the hands of corrupt middlemen.