Eyo is unarguably the biggest cultural festival in Lagos . To say that Lagosians relish the annual festival is to say the obvious. But this week, bigger cultural festival is currently holding in Lagos . The festival is taking on international dimension and so the focus of cultural minded people around the world which presently be shifted to Lagos as it hosts the Black Heritage Festival.

IKEJI Arondizuogu had always been, for its people, a very invigorating annual festival. So thrilling was it that neighbouring towns and villages had looked forward to it as the occasion for mending fences and sharing fun with their Arondizuogu friends and associates. The mere mention of Ikeji conjured a spirit of oneness and unity in a very special way.

AS the 2011 election year draws near, political forces are beginning to realign positions and strategies in a bid of not only clinching their dream political positions, but also to continue to asserting their relevance before the voting electorate, and in all the political configurations.

THE people of Edo State now see that their taxes are working for them as the entire state has become a big construction site and everybody is happy, except the critics who never see anything good from their opponents for political reasons.

THE recent dismal performance of our students nationwide in the NECO exams results is a climax of the continued decay in our educational system in this country. We have all the human and material resources to do better, but leadership failure remains the bane of growth and development in our education sector.