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By Hadiza Suleman The Supreme Court, Friday, affirmed the re-election of Senator Duoye Diri as the Bayelsa State. The apex court, made up of a five-member panel, struck out the appeal lodged by Timipre Sylva, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), challenging the outcome of the November 11, 2023 governorship election. Sylva is a former governor of the state. In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, the Supreme Court ruled that Sylva’s appeal was completely incompetent and an abuse of court process. The panel therefore upheld the concurrent judgments of the Court of Appeal and Bayelsa…

By Chukwuyem Othniel Omijie (PhD) A scene in the Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony provoked a global outrage on Friday July 26th, 2024, with Christians, church leaders and conservative politicians, calling it a mockery of the Last Supper. According to those condemning the depiction, was it really a likeness to Leonardo da Vinci’s biblical scene in The Last Supper or a re-enactment of the Dionysia festivals organized in honour of Dionysus, the Greek god of Wine? To fully understand the issue at hand, we need to look at the nature and the origin of the Dionysia Festival. Dionysus is the…