For some time now, the National Assembly has done some good work in its effort to redirect public affairs to the path of good governance. The Assembly has been busy getting several government officials to appear before it to clarify certain issues of public interest.

The on-going trial of some former Governors for corruption while in office is quite thought provoking for what it reveals- that the anti-corruption war in Nigeria is a cyclical unending relay race. Looking at where we are coming from, the situation is no doubt frustrating.

On March 8, 1925, a child named Warren Bennis was born in Brooklyn, USA. He is 86 years old now and is still waxing strong as an international colossus in his chosen field- leadership studies- where as a pioneer; he has churned out several expositions that can transform ordinary people into leaders.

Whereas the nation spends over N100 to produce one litre of fuel; the product is being sold at N65 only, making it inevitable for government to subsidize the transaction. The economics involved in the subject seems clear enough to make even the opposition to support the removal of the subsidy.

In Journalism, sign language can, once a while, be more expressive than written communication. Here, I remember a famous cartoon some years back which figuratively requested the weather man to tell us point blank if it would rain the next day so that while going to work we could take our umbrellas with us.

What remains evergreen in each person’s memory depends largely on the unique experiences he garners while growing-up. For me, what I recollect so vividly is my routine task as a youth of talking with my uncle-Ajayi-who had a habit of saying something quite different all the time from the subject at hand

The Nigerian media can hardly be idle because there is always one event or the other begging for media coverage in the country. One body which always makes this possible is the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) – a body which has successfully placed Nigeria ahead of all other countries in the disruption to the academic calendar of universities.

For Nigeria, the on-going worldwide phenomenon-Wikileaks- can be grouped into two parts. The first part belongs to the popular grapevine channel with its usual street-corner rumours and gossips, while part two is made up of amazing revelations by identified persons. There are several reasons why we need not bother about the stories in part one.

Last week, the topical issue was the perceived weakness of President Goodluck Jonathan to which many critics attributed the high level of insecurity in the nation. It was against the backdrop that people assessed the performance of the President after 100 days in office and scored him exceedingly low.

In 2001, while travelling to Atlanta, USA, to attend the annual CNN world news report conference, I changed flights at Gatwick Airport, London. While there, one British ‘area boy’ snatched my brief case and ran into thin air. With confidence, I went to the police desk at the airport to make a complaint. The officer there virtually ignored me after murmuring something like “the public announcement you have been hearing repeatedly that everyone should hold on tightly to his luggage is not for fun.”