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BY: FUNMI OJUROYE  27th Sept. 2013 Prof Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate,  Prof Wole Soyinka  is expected to be the Special Guest of the Rivers State government at the formal international presentation of Port Harcourt The World Book Capital 2014 on Saturday, September 28 at Trenton, New Jersey, USA. Other speakers and special guest at the event include Prof Toyin Falola, Prof. Kalu Ogbaa, Dr. Ogaga Ifowodo, and some other members of the Nigerian literary community in the US. The presentation designed as one of the series of events to usher in the 2014 deadline for the World Book Capital is expected to be done by the Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who same day is also being conferred with the Quintessence Award for Leadership by the African Writers Foundation. Governor Amaechi will be supported by the President of the Port Harcourt Literary Society, Dr Chidi Amuta and Mrs Koko Kalango, President of the Rainbow Book C...

BY: FUNMI OJUROYE  27th Sept. 2013 nPDP chair, Kawu Baraje The chairman of the new Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has unequivocally condemned the rape of the country’s economy by the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration. He said that despite claims to the contrary by the government in a futile bid to deceive Nigerians, the overwhelming evidence is that the Nigerian economy has been run aground and is now comatose. The assertions are contained in a statement issued by the faction in Abuja, and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chukwuemeka Eze. It drew attention to the massive scale of officially-induced oil theft, the dwindling returns from oil and massive looting going on at the federal level as evidence that Nigeria is on the brink of economic collapse. "One manifestation of this is the Federal Government’s inability to pay states their share of the Federal Allocation since July. The last time that states were paid was for part of...

By: Funmi Ojuroye  27th  Sept., 2013 AS the 2015 general elections draw nearer, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has advised intending observers of the poll to make their own security arrangements. This advice was given, yesterday, in Abuja by the Chairman of INEC Prof Attahiru Jega, in his remarks at a one- day workshop organised by the commission, entitled “Election Observation Outside Nigeria; Lessons Learnt.” Jega further stated that all over the world, apart from Venezuela, election observers were always responsible for their own security, adding that this would also apply to Nigeria  since INEC would be saddled with the engagement of security agencies for the overall conduct of the polls. Said he: “What we do in Nigeria is to liaise with the security agencies to   provide security for the overall conduct of the elections. Observers to provide own security “Observers can make their own security arrangements. We even have some countries ...

By: Funmi Ojuroye 26th Sept., 2013 Bovi and daughter Comedian Bovi Ugboma is a very happy man as his wife Christabel Ugboma Wednesday night, 25 September, put to bed a baby girl. Mic's blog and the entire crew members congratulate you BOVI . May she live long to fulfill purpose in life. Amen

By: Charles Mgbolu  26th Sept., 2013 Celebrated film maker and actor Kunle Afolayan has dropped heart stopping posts on Facebook indicating that his workaholic lifestyle may eventually end his life. Kunle who is working round the clock to meet the October 1 deadline of his highly anticipated film “October 1″ took to Facebook to drop some of his darkest thoughts. ‘My Obsession with filmmaking makes me think I may not live long, I forbid it though’. ‘I got back to Lagos yesternight (sic) very tired and sleepy after 42 days of shoot, got home ate then went to bed. All I see throughout my sleep are the shots I took and those that I felt I should have done differently. Woke up this morning and all I have in my head is the deadline of the trailer release which in October 1, 2013, in about 11 days and the completion of the whole project. Yes, am very passionate about film making but I think being too obsessed is not healthy. What do you guys think?’ Kunle battles to meet a treacher...

BY: Funmi Ojuroye  26th Sept., 2013 The Oyo State Police Command says it has  arrested one Abiodun Adelabu, a suspected gang leader who shot a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly during a robbery incident in Ibadan last month. Bamidele Ojo, representing Ibadan South East 1 in the Assembly, was buying fuel at a filling station in the Ashi area of the city when suspected armed robbers pounced on him and snatched his Toyota Avensis car. He was allegedly shot in the process by the gang leader. On the same day, the robbers trailed another lawmaker, Fakorede Farinto, representing Iwajowa constituency, to the New Alakia area of Ibadan and snatched his Honda CRV utility vehicle from him. It was learnt that three members of the gang were earlier arrested, but Adelabu escaped arrest until a team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad from the command nabbed  him at the Beyerunka/Oke Ofa Atipe area of Ibadan. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Ilobanafo, said Adel...

BY: Funmi Ojuroye   26th Sept., 2013 The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arraigned the owner of Sahal Eye Specialist Clinic, Hussaini Arugaya, before Magistrate’s Court One in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Arugaya  was charged with three counts of parading himself as a medical practitioner, carrying out a surgical operation on the right eye of one Elder Ndarake Akpe, and using the title, ‘Dr,’ which showed that he was authorized by law to practice as a medical practitioner. The charge read in part, “That you, Arugaya, not being a registered medical practitioner and in expectation of reward, did practice and held yourself out to practice as a medical practitioner, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 17(1)(a) and punishable under Section 17(5)(b) of the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, Cap M8 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. “That you, Hussaini Yusuf Arugaya ‘m’ alias Dr. A. H. Arugaya on or about the 26 day of July, 2011 at No. 4 Park Lane, Eket, i...