When an employee is treated somewhat differently from other employees on grounds not supported by contract or that are indeed in conflict with the law such worker is said to have been discriminated against.

THERE is no doubt that the last two weeks belonged to the usual patience of the Nigerian people and perhaps, the consistent goodluck of the acting President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan in preventing what could be regarded as unnecessary constitutional crisis.

WAR mongers and leading candidates for the International War Crimes Tribunal, Tony Blair and George W. Bush were in Nigeria on February 20. The twosome have made our contemporary world far more insecure and turbulent than they met it.

WILLY Bazuaye epitomises the best and worst of the fate of Nigerian athletes. A former international, a coach with the Eagles, especially the U-20 team that won at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he has been down with stroke since 2003.

I HAVE never fully understood why so many Nigerian politicians insist on bitterly informing anyone who will listen to their tedious tales of woe that they were forced to comply when Obasanjo (aka OBJ), our former President, “foisted” Yar’Adua on the PDP and the nation.