IT was a sunny afternoon at Obalende bus stop on the Lagos Island. A young man in saggy pants was among the hundreds of others waiting under the scorching sun. The top of his jeans which was significantly below his waist revealed much of his boxer shorts, bunching around the ankles.

Stigma remains the ugliest aspect of being a HIV/AIDS patient. It is the main reason many people are afraid to see a doctor to determine their status. It made AIDS a silent killer, because people fear the social disgrace attached to it. For this reason, AIDS epidemic has continued to devastate societies around the world—Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

For some time now, the Nigerian media have been inundated with stories of corruption allegation levelled against the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, concerning an unverified claim that the Minister masterminded the procurement of two bulletproof cars through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, one of the agencies she supervises.

It is quite unusual that a ruling party will be in dilemma over the choice of supporting the candidate of an opposing party in any election anywhere in the world, least of all Nigeria, with its turbulent political clime. However, as wonders will never end, this eighth wonder of the world is what the whispering campaign of APGA in Anambra state seems to be suggesting.

On November 12, 2103, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole would clock five years in the saddle as Governor of Edo State.