Mr. Ekpo Una Owo Nta, lawyer and administrator, currently presides over the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, an agency charged with the task of fighting corruption in the country. Although Nta assumed office at a time the public perception of the anti-graft agencies in Nigeria is at its lowest ebb, the former OMPADEC director believes strongly that with proper education and determination, the scourge will be brought under control. He describes plea bargain as an acceptable international tool that Nigeria needs to move the corruption war forward.

Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Sir Mike Mbama Okiro, has challenged African leaders to modify their concepts of security as panacea to sustainable development, and to include in their security agenda non–conventional threats to the well-being of their peoples.

Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has faulted paramedics/allied health professionals at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan over their plan to down tools to protest doctors’ appointment as leaders of the sector.

In this season of acute moral famine when all institutions of state have been bastardized and every societal value desecrated, the temptation to dismiss every honorary award as lacking in credibility is not only high, but dismissing the recognized as beneficiaries of a rigged process is difficult to resist.