WRITING in one of his numerous works, the late American author, E.E Cummings said: “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” This quote finds full expression in the story of Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe, retd.

The signing, last week, of the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017, by President Muhammadu Buhari, is unarguably one of the most significant developments  of 2017 in the Nigerian health sector.

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called on Nigerians to pray for a full recovery of the nation’s economy in 2018.

Two years ago, I started dating my boss, who is 10 years older than me and divorced. Away from the office, our relationship is great. I’ve met his kids and we’re now talking about me moving in with him. However, he refuses to tell anyone at work that we’re a couple and acts as if he barely knows me. I don’t want special treatment, but I’m starting to think he must be ashamed of me.

PERHAPS, if the Federal Government he served four times as minister had listened to him and taken his proposals as road-map for the development of the Niger-Delta region, and indeed, other parts of the country, maybe much of the pain the nation experienced, and is still experiencing could have been avoided.