The late Professor Chinua Achebe never lied when he asserted in his book, The Trouble with Nigeria that; “The only thing Nigerians learn from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.”

ABEOKUTA—AN alleged fake Assistant Superintendent of Police, 35-year-old pregnant Funmilayo Balogun, was paraded yesterday by Ogun State Police Command for fraud.

AFTER the very successful carnival organized by the Resident Youth Association, RYA, Oregbeni Housing Estate, Benin City, at which this writer was a Guest Speaker, it has become clear that the good life begins from the grassroots. The Oregbeni Community is situated at Ikpoba Hill on the Eastern flank of Benin City. A community that was once at the outskirts of Benin City in the Greater Oredo Municipality is today at the centre of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area. The very interesting history of this community shall be left for another day.

The nation’s ports economic regulator, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has recovered consignments seized by a terminal operator, just as it reclaimed others alleged to have been declared missing.

‘The price of global benchmark Brent crude against which Nigeria’s oil is priced, continued its decline on Wednesday and settled around $56 per barrel, $9 lower than the country’s budget benchmark price this year.” Femi Asu, PUNCH, January 1, 2015, p 36.