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God has always been with Nigerians, regardless of the pains, anguish, sorrows and hardships. This assertion was made by Pastor Opeyemi Ajayi. ''Nigerians should not despair or lose hope. We are not alone. God has always been with us in our times of sorrow, pain, anguish and hardships. Go remains our protector and fortress. There is light at the end of the tunnel,'' Pastor Ajayi stated. In another development, a university Don has decribed the attitude of Nigerians towards change as unencouraging. According to Prof. Benjamin Ehige of the Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan, this is despite the fact that the concept of change is attractive. Prof. Ehige made this known on Thursday at a business summit organized by the Proactive Shareholders Association of Nigeria(PROSAN), Ibadan, Nigeria. ''The concept of change looks attractive, but our attitude to change is not encouraging. People find it difficult to a change in behavior. We must think of a change ...

Controversy continues to trail meetings the Oyo state Governor has with various interest groups in the state. In his reaction, the Eze Ndigbo of Ibadan and Oyo state, who is also the chairman of the Association of Traditional Heads of Non-Indigenes in the state, Eze(Dr.) Alex Anozie opines that there is no way members of the association will ignore the state Governor, who invited them for a meeting. Excerpts: Mixed reactions have trailed your association's meeting with the Oyo state Governor what is your position? As the Governor of the state, he invited the heads of the ethnic groups for a meeting. We had no option but to attend the meeting. There is just no way we can ignore the Governor or disrespect him; we must honor him as the Governor of the state where we reside. If we do otherwise, that means we are not law abiding because we should be working together as partners in progress, as the leaders of the ethnic groups in the state. We didn't know why he invited us and ...