I HAVE just read a fine, thought-provoking article in Time, the American current affairs magazine. It was composed by a brilliant writer called Joe Klein, shortly after President Barack Obama achieved an epic victory by successfully pushing a radical healthcare sector reform bill he initiated through Congress (the US equivalent of our National Assembly).

There was an attempt to assassinate or abduct Rivers State Commissioner for Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mr. Austin Okojie, at the Old GRA in Port Harcourt, Tuesday night, when five gunmen stormed his residence in search of him.

FOR the second time in as many weeks, the Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi created some furore in Nigeria with his comments on the question of unity in the country, and what should be done about it.

WHEN I was growing up in Lagos, almost all the non- Nigerian Catholic priests I knew were Irish. They built and ran some of the best schools and were the embodiment of moral authority. It seemed that the primary profession of the Irish was priesthood. It is therefore shocking to learn that the Irish youth today has his attention turned to other calling

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has so far recovered funds and assets worth N450billion ($3billion) with a conviction of over 80.