Is Julian Assange a hero or a villain? That is the question before lovers of freedom of speech and those who believe that government has a responsibility to protect public interest. Give the impact of his Wiki Leaks revelations on global diplomatic practice, international political and economic relations, which cannot be quantified now, there is no doubt that it would be profound, far reaching and contrasting from one country to another and from region to another region.

The unfolding power game in Cote D’ Ivoire has all the trappings of a similar episode in Liberia and Sierra Leone where Nigerians were victims. In this interview, Mr. Frank Igwebeze, a the former Midweek Editor and Foreign News Editor of the defunct National Concord newspapers, narrowly escaped the war in Liberia, shares his experience.

A former AttorneyGeneral and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Mrs. Jumoke Ajasin-Anifowoshe is the last child of the late Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, the first elected governor of Ondo State.