If there was one good news that broke with the new year, it was that of the stabilization of the President’s son from his near fatal accident. The preceding week must have been an anxious one for the President’s family. As a human being who believes that the death of one diminishes all, I feel for the President. As a parent who has raised a son through university with all that it entails, and I am not speaking of finance now, I empathise with him.

When a Chibok Girl, Salomi Pogu,  was found in the company of another girl and a baby this week, there was no rolling out of drums in celebration of their finding. No euphoria, no excitement, no celebrations.

A new year has come with the crude oil market expectedly teetering along uncertainty and volatility. Many crystal gazers are starring into crystal balls for a pleasant prospect in 2018. Some believe that the fortune tellers’ globe may have been infiltrated and manipulated by two groups of petroleum marketeers. The two groups are relishing in diametrically opposite geopolitical zones to convince global citizens of what to expect in 12 calendar months. Experts say the long-term equilibrium of the market is expected to reflect prices that result in a reasonable supply-demand balance in a price range that would be neither high nor low.

Tell this to all Igbo far and near, at home and abroad: Henceforth Ochiagha Okoh Ebitu Ukiwe, Ofo Ndi Igbo, is the new Igbo leader world wide. In the military, what  I am doing now will be termed a coup d’etat and I  am ready to face any consequences arising there from.

Rivers State has been in the eye of the storm for years; and if gunning gangsters down is the only way in which law enforcement personnel can restore sanity and safety on behalf of terrified innocent citizens, so be it