FORMER British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw has said that corruption and lack of transparency among the political class have become a great problem that have permeated all cadre of administration in Nigeria.

SENATE President, David Mark, has called on Nigerians to rise against the terrorist attacks perpetrated by the Boko Haram sect, saying there was an orchestrated plot by the insurgents to destabilise the country.

THE Federal Government has demanded appropriate administrative and legal action from the South African government against two of its officers from the Police Service in Cape-Town over an assault on one Nigerian, Mr Clement Emekeneh.

The special operations launched by the anti-Kidnapping squad of the Nigerian Police have rescued the abducted 70 year old cousin to the President, Chief Inengite Nitabai.

A governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, has raised the alarm that the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress have finalised arrangements to bring in people from the neighboring states of Ondo, Osun Kwara ,Ogun and Lagos for the ongoing continuous registration of voters in the state.

The United States of America has said it would support Nigerian government with $15 million to enable it organise credible elections in 2015.

The Ogun state government has issued guidelines for property inspections which have commenced under its ongoing Homeowners’ Charter Programme to minimise inconvenience for residents and maximise efficiency in the process

THE increasing cruelties our society harbours have moved to insistent assaults on children by guardians, who descend on their wards with themost puerile excuses.

IN 1992, (then) Rev Father Matthew Hassan Kukah wrote an interesting book entitled: Religion, Politics and Power in Northern Nigeria. Though the focus was on the North, it ended up a great eye opener to understand the mentality of the Northern establishment that inherited power from the British colonialists. That book shot (now) Monsignor Kukah to national and international limelight as an intellectual titan.

My answer to that is no. The issues involved are much more fundamental than such mundane and poor reasoning. To the glory of God, I see and hold myself as a change agent. The record will show that in the last 11 months that I’ve been actively involved in the governorship race in Ekiti State, a lot has changed in the style of governance.

BARELY 24 hours after the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, cleared Obafemi Peter as one of the aspirants to participate in the forthcoming primary election to get a standard bearer ahead of the June 21, Ekiti State gubernatorial election, the party yesterday made a U- turn, withdrawing his provisional clearance.

The national Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Chief Ikpe Etokudo, yesterday, said that the national leadership has not handed over the party structure in Ogun State to former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.

Ernest Ujubuonu, the National Coordinator of Rainbow Unity and Peace Development, an NGO, on Wednesday said 774 football teams would participate in its maiden Christian/Muslim Youth Peace Cup this year.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that banks that use unlicensed third party electronic payment solution will pay a fine of N10 million.

Our President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, recently approved a list comprising eminent and illustrious Nigerians who will sit down (or stand up even in fisticuff) to determine the future of our very great country.