CORRUPTION is a global phenomenon. It is not an exclusive problem of any nation or society; neither has it just surfaced in Nigeria.

AFRO musician Fela sang “water e no get enemy”, eulogising the importance of water, but accessing water can produce enemies, and its availability cannot be taken for granted.

Barely 24 hours after terrorists attacked Monguno Military Barracks which led to the killing of 20 people, including a soldier, terrorists and civilians, gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect shot dead a Police Mobile Training Camp, PMTC, commandant, Umaru Ali Jenga (45) and a traffic warden (name withheld) in Gwange ward of Maiduguri metropolis at 4.35pm Sunday.

ABDUCTION of persons by suspected kidnappers has taken a new worrisome dimension in Edo State following the kidnapping on Wednesday morning of five Lagos-bound passengers by gunmen on the Lagos-Benin road near Ogbemudia farms.

Six persons were, yesterday, feared dead as four major explosions rocked Maiduguri, the BornoState capital.