The beat of drums of war in Mali has reached unprecedented crescendo. Hence, Nigeria and other ECOWAS member states last week arrived at a consensus to dispatch no fewer than 3,300 soldiers to help recapture the northern part of that country overran by Islamist fundamentalists.

The story of the Ph.D holders applying as drivers in Dangote Group of Companies, is one of the harsh realities starring us in the face as a nation. Many believe it is a mockery of our system and a barrier to our development as young, energetic men and women, in the prime of their lives are left to roam the streets in search for jobs.

DISTURBED by the maltreatment, violence and rape of Bakassi people by Cameroonian gendarmes and the failure of Cameroon to observe the Green tree agreement (GTA) Bakassi indigenes, lawmakers and other stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to file a fresh case to recover the Peninsula.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, yesterday, disclosed that the challenges of a second term in office are higher, therefore disclosed his resolve to inject “new blood” as he reconstitutes a new cabinet.

The words ‘youth’ and ‘restiveness’ have become so commonly used together in the last couple of years that it seems to have taken on a life of its own. In the last decade and more there has been a proliferation of cases all over the country and indeed the world, of youth agitations which have tons of people dead and valuable infrastructure as well as personal properties lost and destroyed.