IN his words of wisdom, John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) said: ”The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.” Describing one of the invaluable attributes of a great leader, America’s foremost activist President, Theodore Roosevelt, believed that: ”The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men [and women] to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

He who is without sin should cast the first stone. Nigerian rapper Neyu Godwon Nyan had a few days ago mocked fellow rapper and friend-turned-foe Sinzu after the latter got embroiled in a $300 debit card fraud controversy sparked to life by Godwon himself who had been among those to first share the controversial surveilance video.

US President Barack Obama will reportedly dine at a tiny Tokyo sushi restaurant on Wednesday — a place with three coveted Michelin stars but only a handful of seats — ruled with an iron rod by its redoubtable 88-year-old owner, Jiro.

NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday took a swipe at governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, describing his letter to the governors of the 19 Northern states as shocking especially as it comes from an elected person, just as it warnd the governor against what he described as his unguarded utterances and emulate other governors and leaders of All Progressives Congress, APC leaders who have started guarding their negative comments.

The Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Police Command has said it is investigating a case of suspected mosque bombing in Garki village, Abuja.

FORMER Inspector-General of Police and delegate to the ongoing National Conference, Alhaji Gambo Jimeta, yesterday, narrated how he lost his top police job on account of his pleas for the release of General Olusegun Obasanjo (rtd.) and late General Musa Yar‘Adua (rtd.) from detention under the Sani Abacha regime.

‘OH my God!! How could people be so wicked? This is in a world where people profess to know God. Imagine what would have been happening if there was no God at all. At least the fear of God is restraining some people,” sighed Ebuka in the Apapa-bound commuter bus as the Nyanya, Abuja bombing photos were displayed by newspaper vendors.

AWKA—A police sergeant (names withheld) has been arrested in Anambra State for allegedly raping a 13- year-old daughter of a popular pastor at Nkpor in Idemili Council Area of the state.

Nigerian Muslim clerics living in the border towns of Cameroon and Nigeria are recruiting Boko Haram members in their mosques, the government of Cameroon has alleged. Worse still, government officials in the North East states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa collaborate with the terrorists and take bribes from them, thereby, hindering the fight against the terrorists. Governors of these states also capitalise on their civilian fears to berate the army and the federal government.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State said, yesterday, that the Boko Haram insurgents would not emerge victorious in their continued killing and maiming of innocent Nigerians.