The term VIPs which stands for ‘Very Important Personalities’ is used in some parts of the world especially Africa to refer to distinguished persons but in Nigeria it is used to identify persons who operate without recourse to law.

At the end of their meeting last Wednesday in Abuja, state governors resolved to hold discussions with President Muhammadu Buhari to seek lasting solutions to the worsening macroeconomic challenges confronting the nation.

In a democratic society like Nigeria, an elected President is the embodiment of power. Such power does not really belong to him; rather, it belongs to the people. Put differently, the President is merely a custodian of the people’s power making it imperative for him to feel their pulse all the time and ensure he always acts on their behalf. What this suggests is that the President is obliged to listen to public opinion. But then, to determine public opinion on a subject is not easy considering the improbability of unanimity of opinions on an issue. In fact, in matters of opinions, the public

Last Wednesday, the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ campaigners visited President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. After watching the report on national television of how the team was personally received by President Buhari, what immediately went through my mind was the saying that everything that has a plus has its minus and vice versa.

ARCHBISHOP Emeritus of Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie has condemned the outrageous wardrobe allowances reportedly earmarked for the nation’s legislators, saying that the proposed national change will be impossible when National Assembly members live in contradiction to the moral, social and political aspirations of their fellow citizens.