THE behaviour of our political leaders in the management of Nigeria’s perennial problems has continuously placed the country at the lowest rung of the world developmental assessment chart and which for long had reduced Nigeria to the status of a “developing country”.

Though workers resumed duties, yesterday, at the Federal Secretariat and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, after Tuesday’s bomb scare, Abuja residents have become wary of parked vehicles.

AHEAD the 2011 general elections, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, predicted dangers, following what he described as the alleged attempt by the National Assembly to turn the nation into a one party state, by dictating to political parties how they should run their primaries, in addition to usurping the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by fixing election time table for the nation.

PIQUED by widespread complaints from the public over the shoddy organisation that characterised most events lined up for Nigeria’s golden jubilee celebrations, the Federal Government, yesterday, ordered a full-scale probe into the expenditures of Nigeria @ 50 committee

One month after his reported comments that Nigeria’s first and only Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa died from an asthmatic attack and not gunshots, former High Commissioner to London, Chief Matthew Mbu, yesterday, tendered an unreserved apology to the Balewa family.

Delivering a lecture at the Sixth Tai Solaring National annual lecture held at the Bankers House Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria on the topic; Nigeria: corruption, corrosion and correction Professor Muhammad Munzali Jibril said corruption in Nigeria has had a long, even respectable history.

AS the National Assembly prepares to further amend the 1999 Constitution to accommodate the time extension sought by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the review of voters register and conduct of the 2011 general elections, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the federal lawmakers to maintain status-quo on their plans.

THE Senate, yesterday, condemned the bomb explosions in Abuja on the occasion Nigeria’s 50th Independent Anniversary, lambasting politicians and elder statesmen for making insidious statements capable of destroying the fragile unity of the country.

VICE Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, UNN, Nsukka, Professor Bartho Okolo said that the N3.8 billion digital wireless infrastructure project which would be launched by President Goodluck Jonathan during his visit to the university on Thursday (today) would increase economic activities through research and enhance learning environment in the institution.

ADMITTEDLY, when it comes to the spoken and written word, we choose liberal donors. We therefore do not intend to be very economical with our definitions.