Nigeria’s first national telecommunications carrier, NITEL is synonymous with stalemate. From the first attempt at selling the national carrier when it became obvious that continuing allowing government to manage the success of the institution would mean extension of the rape of its economy, there has never been a sweet story.

The Senate will Wednesday debate the Monday bomb blast that ruptured the Vanguard organized post amnesty dialogue in Warri. The Senate resolution upon a motion of urgent national public importance presented to the Senate in plenary yesterday follows the Senate’s demand for explanations from the Army high command over alleged partisanship in its operations in Jos.

LIKE a tale from the streets of Somalia, dismembered human bodies littered the streets. There were headless bodies of women and children, a baby was reportedly sliced into halves.

The federal government Tuesday said it was worried by the bomb explosions that rocked Warri, Delta state, during the beginning of the Post Amnesty Dialogue organized by Vanguard Media on Monday pointing out that the Inspector General of Police has been given marching orders to personally investigate the blasts.

So what? Yes, so what? A friend in Jo’burg saw me battling with this column and said “ So what is special about being in South Africa?”, aware that I have passed this way a couple of times.