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How would you describe your life and career after graduation?

After graduation, I looked forward to contributing meaningfully to Nigeria’s technological growth through innovative engineering solutions and process optimisation. But entering the Nigerian labour market revealed a disconnect between academic preparation and industry demand. Despite the country’s industrial potential, the role of industrial engineers remains poorly understood and underutilised. Many organisations still overlook the discipline’s strategic importance to efficiency, productivity, and technological advancement.

Industrial Engineering is fundamentally about designing, improving, and integrating complex systems of people, materials, information, and energy. It bridges the gap between engineering and management – making systems work smarter, faster, and more sustainably. Industrial engineers are vital in optimising operations, reducing waste, and ensuring quality across sectors like manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare.

Yet, in Nigeria, these capabilities remain largely untapped. This experience motivated me to pursue advanced studies and research that align with global best practices and to contribute to building a more innovation-driven, efficient, and technologically empowered Nigeria.

But could you have pursued your advanced studies in your field here in Nigeria? You relocated in 2022 to the United States. What were your reasons?

I wanted to immerse myself in an environment where I could access world-class research facilities, advanced manufacturing technologies, and interdisciplinary collaboration platforms that enable innovation at scale. The United States offered a nurturing ecosystem for research in digital engineering, advanced manufacturing, and AI-based systems – areas that align closely with my long-term goals. Nigeria undoubtedly has incredible potential and talent. But the limited research funding, unstable policy support, and slow technology adoption create barriers for engineers and scientists who aspire to work at the frontier of innovation.

I decided to relocate to overcome those limitations, not due to a loss of faith in my country. In fact, my vision has always been to return better equipped – to bring back knowledge, methods, and global best practices that can strengthen Nigeria’s engineering and technological foundation.

Tell us about your MSc research work.

My work centres on designing autonomous AI-driven systems that are safe, reliable, trustworthy, and explainable. If these systems are to support decision-making in defence, healthcare, or manufacturing, they must earn the trust of the people who rely on them. This can greatly enhance Nigeria’s technology landscape by improving efficiency, productivity, and decision-making across industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, energy, and transportation. They can enable smart factories, precision farming, predictive maintenance, and intelligent logistics. These systems will also expand access to quality healthcare and digital services.

However, to fully harness their potential, Nigeria must invest in AI education, data infrastructure, and ethical governance and position itself as a regional leader in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

How would you assess Nigeria’s progress in Industry 4.0 and its technologies?

Nigeria is making gradual but uneven progress in adopting Industry 4.0 and its associated technologies. There are positive developments, such as the rise of tech-driven manufacturing startups, digital skills programmes (like NITDA’s AI and robotics initiatives), university-industry collaborations, and smart factory pilots in Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja.

The fintech and telecommunications sectors have also shown strong digital maturity, demonstrating Nigeria’s innovation potential. However, widespread adoption of Industry 4.0 remains limited by infrastructure gaps, inconsistent power supply, low automation in traditional industries, and insufficient investment in research and development (RandD) and technical training. With stronger policy frameworks, investment in digital infrastructure, and upskilling of the workforce, Nigeria could accelerate its transition from manual and semi-automated systems to intelligent, data-driven production environments and emerge as a regional hub for advanced manufacturing and digital innovation.

With the benefit of your exposure as a US-based practitioner, would you say Nigeria’s engineering sector is making progress as it should?

The Nigerian engineering sector is vibrant and full of potential, but is still developing in terms of industrial capacity, research integration, and technological adoption. It has produced highly skilled engineers who contribute globally, yet domestically, the sector faces challenges such as inadequate infrastructure, limited local manufacturing, dependence on imported technology, weak enforcement of engineering standards, and insufficient investment in RandD.

Despite these hurdles, Nigeria’s engineering community remains resilient – driving growth in construction, energy, telecommunications, and emerging digital industries.

From the United States, Nigeria can learn several key lessons. First, the integration of engineering education with industry through co-op programmes, research partnerships, and innovation hubs can strengthen practical skills and technology transfer. Second, investment in advanced manufacturing and automation can create competitive local industries. Third, robust regulatory institutions like ASME and IEEE in the U.S. ensure safety, innovation, and professional accountability – something Nigeria can emulate through greater support for COREN and NSE. Lastly, the US demonstrates the value of funding RandD, promoting entrepreneurship, and protecting intellectual property, all of which fuel continuous engineering innovation.

By combining these lessons with its youthful talent and resource potential, Nigeria can build a globally competitive engineering ecosystem.

If you were a Minister of Science and Technology in Nigeria, what would you do differently to advance Nigeria’s technological development?

I would implement a strategic, innovation-driven national framework that emphasises education, research and industry collaboration. Nigeria should invest significantly in STEM education, technical training, and digital literacy to develop a skilled workforce prepared for Industry 4.0. Enhancing RandD institutions and connecting them with local industries and universities will foster domestic innovation and decrease reliance on imports. The government should also establish innovation clusters and technology parks, providing incentives for startups and manufacturing companies to adopt automation, AI and renewable technologies.

Equally vital is creating clear regulatory policies and funding mechanisms that promote private-sector involvement and safeguard intellectual property. By cultivating a culture of innovation, transparency and ongoing learning, Nigeria can shift from a technology consumer to a global leader in scientific and technological progress.

LAGOS came alive as music lovers and Afrobeat recently gathered at the newly opened Felabration Hall inside the Ecobank Pan African Centre to celebrate Afrobeat Rebellion, a powerful exhibition honouring Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s enduring legacy.

Hosted in collaboration with the French Embassy in Nigeria, the Kuti family and Philharmonie de Paris, the exhibition marks the return of the acclaimed 2022 Paris edition to Fela’s spiritual home. On opening night, artists, diplomats, curators and fans filled the hall, united by the energy of Fela’s revolutionary spirit.

Creative Director Papa Omotayo described the project as ‘a living rebellion.’ He said, ‘Fela was not just a musician; he was a force. This exhibition gives the next generation access to that force, alive, relevant and revolutionary.’

Curated by Seun Alli, Afrobeat Rebellion takes visitors through Fela’s early years, family roots and the Lagos streets that inspired Afrobeat. A reconstructed Kalakuta Republic offers a glimpse into his communal haven of creativity and defiance, while rare photos, stage outfits and personal effects bring his story to life.

Omotayo explained that the exhibition goes beyond art: ‘It’s immersive, a living classroom. We have workshops, live music and programmes for children. Fela’s story is about resistance, but also about community.’

A mirrored audio-visual installation contrasts Shrine performances past and present, showing how Fela’s defiant spirit continues to inspire. ‘It’s not nostalgia,’ Alli said. ‘It’s a conversation. His music is still the soundtrack of resistance.’

For Fela’s daughter, Yeni Kuti, the night was deeply emotional. ‘If my father were alive, he’d be very happy. His legacy is about pride, pride in being African.’ Her brother, Seun Kuti, added, ‘Africans do not forget our heroes. We celebrate those who stand for us.’

The exhibition, which runs until December 28, 2025, includes concerts, film screenings, workshops and ‘Young Rebels’ sessions for students. By bringing Afrobeat Rebellion home, organisers have reignited conversations about resistance, freedom and African pride.

Nearly three decades after his passing, Fela’s message still resounds. As Alli summed up, ‘Fela was a public intellectual, not just a musician. His legacy remains a catalyst for revolt and for hope.’

In the heart of Lagos, the beat goes on. And Fela lives on.

Political analyst, Basil Okoh, has claimed that the fear of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, is a factor driving the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) into hastily endorsing Governor Sheriff Oborevwori ahead of the 2027 governorship election timeline.

Okoh said the governor’s growing anxiety and overreliance on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s name reflect deep insecurity within the party’s ranks.

According to Okoh, in an article posted online, the secretive meeting held on Sunday at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Asaba, was convened to hastily project Oborevwori as the sole APC governorship candidate in Delta. He further claimed that phones were reportedly confiscated, and attendees were barred from taking photographs – a clear sign, he noted, that ‘the meeting was driven by fear, exclusion and anxiety over one man’s silence.’

That silence, Okoh stressed, is Omo-Agege’s calculated quietness, which now defines the political atmosphere in Delta APC. ‘Nobody can be sure of the political direction of the state until Omo-Agege makes his stand known,’ he wrote. ‘Even Sheriff, the governor, is groping for reassurance that there will be no challenger and that he will be adopted by consensus.’

Okoh observed that Oborevwori’s restlessness stems from a lack of confidence in his ability to win a contested primary.

‘He appears to be jumping the gun by declaring himself the APC governorship candidate in Delta State, preempting the primary process,’ he said. ‘If he were confident, he wouldn’t be rushing ahead, instigating motions for sole candidacy and demanding that only one nomination form be printed.’

The analyst further stated that Oborevwori remains an outsider within the APC, despite support from figures such as Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo. ‘He continues to assure his fellow decampees that he’s in charge, but they know he’s not,’ Okoh explained. ‘The fear of Omo-Agege hangs over the party – invisible yet pervasive like Arabian incense.’

Okoh argued that Oborevwori’s desire to be associated with President Tinubu reflects his bid for legitimacy by association rather than genuine closeness. ‘Sheriff ties himself to Tinubu every time he talks about 2027 because he doesn’t trust his own popularity,’ he wrote. ‘His contact with Tinubu is very limited, and the national leadership of APC sees through his gambit to reap where he did not sow.’

He warned that the APC’s popularity in Delta has plummeted since Oborevwori’s defection, noting that ‘the man has a genuine reason to fear the invincible hand of Omo-Agege as the cause of his declining popularity.’ While Tinubu may be hoping for a strong governor to help deliver votes in 2027, Okoh said Delta is a weak link. ‘Sheriff cannot improve Tinubu’s electoral fortunes in Delta,’ he wrote. ‘In 2023, it was Omo-Agege who popularized Tinubu; in 2027, it will be the other way around.’

‘Omo-Agege’s silence has left them perplexed and in a political quandary. They know he still commands a large following in Delta and the respect of the national caucus.’

Okoh added that at the Banquet Hall meeting, Governor Oborevwori openly voiced his worries, declaring that he would ‘not negotiate with anyone’ over his APC candidacy. But in reality, he eventually will – out of self-interest, though not without factoring in President Tinubu’s political calculations.

Okoh also asserted that Oborevwori’s political maneuvers are dictated by fear rather than strategy. ‘All his actions are governed by one thing – the fear of Ovie Omo-Agege,’ he added. ‘The banquet hall meeting in Asaba was less about strength and more about survival.’

A woman, Zainab Alhassan, has divorced her husband, Tijjani Muhammad, over his refusal to repair her damaged cell phone worth N70,000.

She told the court that she was no longer interested in their marriage and was ready to divorce him through Khul’i, (a type of divorce where a woman returns the dowry she received to her husband.)

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Alhassan told the court that she was ready to return the N30,000 dowry to regain her freedom.

She told the court that she was watching a movie on her phone when her husband started fighting her, collected her phone and allegedly smashed it.

She, however, noted that she does not have a witness to prove her claims.

On his part, the defendant said he does not have a problem with her divorce plea but disagreed with the claim that he damaged her phone.

The judge, Malam Mu’awiyya Shehu, dissolved their marriage on the basis of Khul’i and dismissed the complainant’s plea for the repair of the phone.

Domestic violence, which is a prominent aspect of marital abuse, is fast becoming a recurring decimal. It’s something that we must not treat with kid gloves – not with the reported incident of last week, resulting in the death of a lieutenant in the Nigerian Army, during a marital conflict between him and his wife, a few months old in the marriage. He was set ablaze in the scuffle. That’s why I am returning to domestic violence this week, and probably, the next one or two weeks, as we revisit this monster ravaging the marriage institution.

I was provoked to do this because of the serious damage it’s causing the marriage institution, making it less attractive for more people in society. Last year, I read about what the Emir of Kano, His Royal Majesty, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, reportedly said some time ago. He was reported to have said that he would slap any daughter of his who came to report that her husband slapped her, without her returning the slap.

As if that was not enough, the husband of my dearest sister, some time ago, violently inflicted injury on her body.

These two incidents informed my decision to consider the issue of marital abuse again, so as to make sanity prevail in an abusive marriage as much as possible.

My heart bleeds for the abused. May the soul of the dead in last week’s marital violence rest in perfect peace.

Abusive marriage is one that one should not wish for, even for an adversary. It comes in various shades and versions. It’s something I don’t like to think about because it stirs up emotions in me. Though it’s very common for men to be the abuser, a few cases end up with the wives as the abuser. In last week’s incident, the accusing finger points to the wife as the aggressor who set her husband ablaze. Whichever way, it’s not good for our society, and it must be fought to a standstill.

Abusive by definition means to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment, vituperative, reproachful, or scurrilous – first attested in the early 17th century – according to the free dictionary, Wiktionary. It involves being physically or emotionally injurious; characterised by repeated violence or other abuse.

For the marriage institution, an abuse is characterised by the bad treatment of a spouse in all respects and manner of physical, sexual, and emotional torture. It’s a scary situation that leaves a lasting, damaging effect on the abused, which may culminate in death if there is no timely intervention. This is why it should be a source of serious concern for all.

Traits of an abusive marriage

These tell you that a marriage is abusive in nature. Whenever a marriage evidences any or all of the following traits, it’s suffering from abuse.

Isolation of a spouse. One spouse is isolated from friends, family members, and neighbours. No visitors, no phone calls, or outings by the abused. When this is noticed about a marriage, those around and family members, and friends must do more than pay lip service to the situation.

Secrecy. This means information about the family is gagged. The abused is prohibited from talking to anyone, including her siblings and parents, about the affairs of the marriage or family. So, it’s difficult to know what goes on in the marriage. It thrives under the notion ‘let’s keep our secrets, secret.’

Physical hurts or bruises. One common way to identify an abusive marriage is physical scars. You notice that the abused, usually the wives, have bloodshot eyes, bruises on the face, broken lips, and the like. When you make an enquiry, the answer is very similar – a fall in the bathroom or the staircase, or a collision with the door, etc. In reality, the common hidden reason is a physical assault on the wife by her husband. Many times, we have ignored such signs or swallowed the proffered reasons, line, hook, sinker, ignorantly, to the detriment of the abused. This must not be allowed henceforth.

Irrational or weird behaviour. Putting words into the mouth of the spouse, living in perpetual fear of the spouse, jittery, or having incoherent speech. These should trigger anyone’s curiosity about a marriage.

These are some of the pointers to an abusive marriage. We must watch out for more and be our neighbours’ keeper. Lives can be saved and destiny salvaged through such an intervention.

Weapons of the abuser

For an abusive marriage to thrive, the abuser usually employs the following weapons:

Intimidation. It means to make someone afraid. Fear is created in the heart of someone. You make one feel weaker and unable to withstand someone or something. The purpose and the intent of intimidation is to dominate and control someone, for a selfish advantage. In an abusive marriage, fear is created in the abused to dominate him or her, to make him or her dance to one’s tune. That’s why the abused scarcely talks to another person about his or her situation in the marriage.

Control. This is to dictate to someone what to do or not to do. It’s like issuing a command that must not be disobeyed. This makes the abused vulnerable without going beyond the dictates of the abuser.

Manipulation. This is the act of exerting undue influence on someone to gain control over him or her, for one’s selfish advantage. Manipulation plays on the mind of someone so as to make him or her subjective to the ways and manners of the abuser. In marriage, the abused is influenced in such a way to obey and accept any position or proposal presented by the abuser. It usually presents false narratives about people, events, and situations.

Threats of physical and emotional torture. This is a major weapon of the abuser. It threatens dire consequences for the abused if he or she doesn’t abide by the instructions or wishes of the abuser. Such threats are usually executed at the slightest opportunity to achieve the aim of the abuser.

These are simply to keep the abused traumatised in such a way to prevent her from reaching out to others for help. In most cases, it takes advantage of the weaknesses of the abused in terms of blind love, poor family background, and previous bad experiences to traumatise her. These make the abused unable to stand up to the abuser. It’s a terrible situation that is unpalatable.

We must all be armed to recognise an abusive marriage, as well as be able to confront it headlong to save vulnerable partners from agony or even death.

We will conclude this on the steps to take to deal with the monster called abusive marriage in the next write-up.

The 2025 budget appropriation for Taraba State on Friday stood at ?574.8 billion, following the signing of a ?143.3 billion supplementary appropriation law by Governor Agbu Kefas.

Tribune Online reports that the governor also signed a virement of ?14.68 billion, recently approved by the State House of Assembly.

Tribune recalls that Governor Kefas had earlier, in September 2024, presented a total sum of ?429.8 billion as the budget appropriation for the state.

Meanwhile, the governor explained during the exercise in Jalingo that the supplementary budget is aimed at addressing urgent funding needs in critical sectors of development, including security, infrastructure, and the economy, as well as cushioning the impact of inflation and exchange rate pressures on ongoing projects in the state.

He stated that the implementation of the 2025 supplementary budget will be extended to 31st May 2026, with capital expenditure accounting for 68.9% and recurrent spending for 31.1%.

The Taraba State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation had earlier said the additional funding will enable the state government to respond to emerging economic and security challenges, realign spending with the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), and accelerate strategic developmental projects.

The Committee urged the government to ensure transparency, accountability, and timely release of funds to achieve the intended results of the supplementary budget.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, like his predecessors, has the constitutional right to grant clemency. He draws this right from Section 175 of the 1999 Constitution, which grants him the power to pardon convicts and commute sentences. But constitutional rights are not moral shields, and mercy must ennoble justice, not mock it.

Prerogative of mercy, designed to temper justice with compassion, has, in the estimation of several people, been cheapened by the recent pardons Tinubu approved for murderers, drug traffickers and other hardened criminals.

The list of 175 beneficiaries of Tinubu’s pardon includes people convicted of violent crimes and narcotics offenses. Among them is Maryam Sanda, sentenced to death in 2020 for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in a fit of murderous fury.

The case captured the imagination of the nation because it symbolized both the collapse of domestic civility and the delicate hope that justice could still work in Nigeria. Now, Tinubu’s pardon threatens to turn that hope to scorn and righteous indignation.

Following fierce, furious, sustained public backlash, the federal government hurriedly clarified on Thursday that no inmate has yet been released under the current Presidential Prerogative of Mercy exercise. Attorney-General Lateef Fagbemi said the process ‘remains at the final administrative stage’ and that it is still undergoing verification and review.

That acknowledgement of bureaucratic pause is what has prompted this reflection. If the government is really and truly reviewing the pardons, it still has time to salvage its moral standing. Once the releases occur, it will be too late to reverse the damage.

The most exasperating aspect of the exercise is how it was packaged. When news broke that Maryam Sanda was among those granted clemency, the outrage was instantaneous. To soften the blow, a press conference was convened, and Bilyaminu Bello’s biological father by the name of Ahmed Bello Isa, who had been entirely absent from his son’s life, was suddenly thrust before cameras to claim credit for Sanda’s release.

Reading from what appeared to be a prepared statement, he said he had sought the pardon because he wanted his grandchildren to have the benefit of growing up with their mother. The wealthy and well-connected father of Maryam Sanda, who appeared to have engineered the news conference, sat beside the deadbeat father and enjoyed the theater.

Meanwhile, the family that had adopted, nurtured, educated and buried Bilyaminu Bello watched in shock and disempowering rage. They said the pardon reopened old wounds and compounded their grief with humiliation.

Forgiveness is virtuous only when it is voluntarily given. It can never be coerced or legislated. We all know that the spectacle of the biological father’s news conference was designed to sanitize the gross injustice of Maryam Sanda’s unmerited pardon and to launder the privilege of her parents through a choreographed display of mawkish sentimentality.

But it succeeded only in deepening public disgust. No one disputes that mercy has a place in governance. A humane system recognizes remorse and rehabilitation. But presidential pardon must be the culmination of justice, not its subversion. When the powerful can engineer clemency for their own, while the poor rot in overcrowded prisons for petty theft, mercy becomes a weapon of inequality.

If the rationale for the pardons is ‘good conduct,’ how was that measured for an insensate, blood-soaked murderer like Maryam Sanda who was sentenced only five years ago? Where is the proof of her repentance, the evidence of her rehabilitation, the testimony of those hurt by her actions?

Were the adoptive parents of Bilyaminu Bello even consulted? It’s obvious they were not. The public statement signed by Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed on behalf of the family calling the pardon ‘the worst possible injustice any family could be made to go through’ is all the proof you need.

‘To have Maryam Sanda walk the face of the earth again, free from any blemish for her heinous crime as if she had merely squashed an ant, is the worst possible injustice any family could be made to go through for a loved one,’ the statement said.

The presidency’s statement that many pardoned inmates had learned trades or earned degrees in custody is neither here nor there. Drug barons can run classroom workshops, and murderers can earn degrees, but that does not erase their crimes. It doesn’t give justice to the victims of their transgressions.

The integrity of justice does not lie in whether convicts can read the Bible, recite the Qur’an or weld steel. It lies in whether the law retains meaning after the verdict.

This is not, of course, the first time Nigerian presidents have abused the power of mercy. Past leaders have freed convicted looters, coup plotters, and cronies under the guise of national reconciliation.

What is new, at least based on my recollection of past presidential pardons, is the raw, remorseless, I-dare-you brazenness of Tinubu’s. The inclusion of notorious drug traffickers and violent offenders, even as ordinary Nigerians struggle daily with the terror of crime and narcotics abuse, communicates the message that crime pays if you have the right connection in high places.

That reality has the capacity to sap the last ounce of moral energy from law enforcement officers who risk their lives to arrest traffickers and murderers. It also tells victims that their pain can be erased by elite connections.

It is particularly obscene that this mass pardon occurred just months after Tinubu’s government rolled out a ‘war on drugs’ campaign and urged young Nigerians to resist the lure of narcotics. How can a government that preaches zero tolerance for drug trafficking now pardon convicted traffickers in the same breath?

Yes, as I pointed out earlier, the President’s prerogative of mercy is legal. But legality is not morality. The framers of the Constitution imagined that the power to pardon would correct miscarriages of justice. It was not intended to become a recycling plant for impunity.

Clemency must not reward crime. A pardon should emerge from a rigorous, transparent process involving victims’ families, prosecutors, correctional officials and mental-health professionals, not from political patronage or backroom lobbying. And it should be rare, not routine.

If Tinubu insists on exercising this right, let him do so for prisoners of conscience, wrongly convicted individuals, and those who have served decades for non-violent offenses. It insults justice if it’s mostly for the wealthy and the well-connected who can summon ministers to plead their cause.

By including Maryam Sanda and other violent offenders, the Tinubu administration has set a perilous precedent. It invites every future convict with political or financial clout to expect similar treatment. It signals to judges that their sentences can be casually undone, and to prosecutors that their diligence is futile.

Most dangerously, it erodes public faith in the rule of law. Once people believe justice is negotiable, they seek it elsewhere, often in violence or vigilantism. Nigeria’s fragile social fabric cannot afford that descent.

The Attorney-General’s statement that the list is still ‘under review’ offers the president a chance to rethink. He can still remove names that discredit the exercise and reinforce public confidence by publishing transparent criteria for eligibility.

He can also seize this moment to reform the clemency process itself. The Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy must include civil-society representatives, victim-advocacy groups and credible clergy.

If this government truly values mercy, let it show compassion to the countless awaiting-trial inmates languishing without verdicts, some jailed longer than the sentences for their alleged crimes. Mercy belongs not in freeing the privileged guilty but in rescuing the forgotten innocent.

Every pardon sends a message. The absolution of Maryam Sanda tells Nigerians that if you are the scion of a powerful and wealthy family, you can murder and get away with it.

True mercy cannot be scripted, televised or bartered for lineage. Tinubu’s mass clemency, if implemented as announced, will deepen Nigeria’s moral anemia.

The president should pause the process, strike out the names that insult justice, and remember that mercy divorced from morality is corruption. For once, let power bow before principle.

A woman, Mrs Hajara Busari, has asked an Area Court Centre Igboro in Ilorin, Kwara State, to dissolve her six-year-old marriage to her husband, Mr Mumini Anafi, over lack of love.

The petitioner told the court that she is no longer interested in the Islamic marriage with her husband, and urged the court to dissolve it.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), she is seeking an order for marriage dissolution, custody of their three children, as well as the sum of N50,000, being cost of maintenance of the children.

Meanwhile, the respondent told the court that he is still interested in their marriage and urged the court not to grant the reliefs sought by the petitioner.

The presiding judge, Mr Toyin Aluko, urged the husband to explore every opportunity within his reach to achieve amicable settlement of any dispute with his wife.

The court adjourned the case until December 17.

ASO Oke, the beautiful handwoven fabric of the Yoruba people, has a long history that dates back to the olden days. In the past, it was worn only by kings, chiefs, and important people during festivals, weddings, and special ceremonies. It was a symbol of royalty, honor, and cultural pride.

Today, Aso Oke is no longer limited to the elders or traditional rulers. Modern fashion designers are giving it a new look, turning the ancient cloth into stylish dresses, bags, shoes, and even caps that appeal to young people. It is now seen on fashion runways, weddings, and social media platforms, showing how culture can blend with modern style.

Although the weaving process still requires skill and patience, the designs now include brighter colors and modern patterns. Many people believe this change helps to keep the tradition alive in today’s world.

A fashion enthusiast explained, ‘Aso Oke tells our history, but now it also speaks the language of modern fashion.’

Truly, Aso Oke has moved from the olden days into a new era staying proudly African while shining in the world of modern style.

Does drinking warm water lowers the blood sugar after a meal?

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No, drinking warm water does not help reduce blood sugar level. On the other hand, drinking cold water. Refrigerated water at or around 4 degree Celsius helps reducing blood sugar levels. Body temperature is 38 degree Celsius. The cold water is heated up by the stomach to reach the body temperature by burning calories. It was observed in studies that 45 calories are burnt per day by consuming cold water which translates into 10 mg/deci liter of Blood sugar.