Well, since you and I are neophytes in this perennial itch of “deregulation”, I believe it is high time someone competent stepped out to scratch deep into the issue which is uppermost in our minds, to wit, the price of fuel nationwide.

Social unrests from which new crimes arise have a way of leaving the crimes behind afterwards as a legacy of anguish

President Umaru Yar’Adua cannot be under the delusion that all is well in the Niger Delta, in the sense that the recent amnesty, following the surrender of arms by the militants, is the harbinger of peace in that difficult area. Of course, it definitely points the way, but it has no loud announcement to make yet about our arrival.

It was one of those days that start off normally and then suddenly acquire an aberration with which they stamp their imprint on history. We had never experienced a trade dispute that led to a strike before. Anyone who had heard about it was left to only imagine it.

I LOVE MY COUNTRY, I NO GO LIE NA INSIDE AM I GO LIVE AND LEAVE
By Bisi Lawrence
We used to sing that and profess to believe in it. But come on, now!… I mean, why then the long queues at the foreign embassies where you swallow insults on the visa line?

Women! Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Honourable Member of the House of Representatives and former (?) media personality, led the chorus and the whole house joined in.

A torrent – nay, an avalanche – of tributes, such as has seldom been witnessed in our nation has been cascading down the pages of newspapers since Gani Fawehinmi passed on barely seven days ago. Yes, Gani deserves his rest no less than he merits these spontaneous expressions of the admiration of his compatriots.

The gentleman in question, Gabriel Omoh, a dyed-in-the-wool professional, scored what I would call a “world scoop”, and it took no less than a stalwart in the practice of journalism, and a true veteran himself, Aba Saheed to also proclaim it as such. Aba Saheed, I should add, writes for another newspaper. To stretch a congratulatory message to another publication therefore speaks of the highest standards.

On December 21st, 1988, PanAm Flight 103 was just seeking its cruising height for a smooth flight to the United States when it crashed over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. No less than 269 souls were lost, not counting 11 others on the ground. It was the result of an explosion caused by a bomb that had been planted by terrorists who tore through the ‘eighties with dastardly acts of mass murder in a variety of execution.

You wonder how professionally run banks could have so severely hamstrung themselves to a degree that turned around to make them, the creditors, eventually insolvent. An expert characterized most of the loans as being mismatched – that is, they were long-term propositions in a situation of short-term investments.