Exemption of the personnel of the Police and other paramilitary agencies indicates, by implication, the dismantling of the institutions, systems and processes that government had put in place in the last few years towards the implementation of the pension reform programme, including the culture of national savings as well as the efforts to eradicate the structures that encouraged corruption during the pre-pension reform era.

I clearly remember that night,  as a young student of  architecture, armed with a letter of introduction from my departmental head in the Nigeria College of Arts, Science and Technology, in Zaria, I was able to gain admittance into Race Course – now Tafawa Balawa Square – in Lagos to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event.

THE face-off between the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji and Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, became obvious yesterday as the traditional ruler shunned the celebration of the country’s 57th  independence anniversary, while other traditional rulers like the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi were in attendance.

There is a deficit in terms of roads that is available and the volume of traffic that goes in and out of the port. If you would recall that the road infrastructure was built so many years ago and of course road infrastructure is in relation to a particular traffic size. So, if the traffic size increases either in volume or in terms of the structure of that traffic, then policy planners need to make adequate provisions and ensure there are roads to take care of the new development.

‘BETTER late than never” remains the word of wisdom when a measure long delayed had caused immeasurable damages to a nation until it can no longer be avoided. For too long and out of fear of a small minority of selfish individuals calling themselves Labour Unions, governments continued to operate commercial enterprises long after it had become glaring to all other stakeholders that governments are incapable of running businesses successfully.