IN Matthew 5:13 we read: “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”

The Nigerian Army completes the lawless operations for the week by conducting a raid on a United Nations , UN, facility in Maiduguri in violation of international protocols

THE Federal Executive Councils’ approval to borrow $3bn from external sources, to refinance an estimated N915bn ‘Naira denominated’ Treasury bills, was announced to the media by Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, last Wednesday.

THANK God somebody at the topmost level of the Federal Government has finally put on his thinking cap. But for those wedded to the illusion of Nigeria exporting 2.3 million barrels of crude oil in 2018, Ogbeh’s alarm, despite its frightening implications, is a step in the right direction. Anybody who has conducted research into the trend in the global automobile sector would be alarmed by the rapid rate at which the leading auto manufacturers – Toyota, General Motors, Ford, Volvo – are moving towards marketing electric cars. Volvo is far ahead of the others who will now scramble to catch up.

WE are a troubled people. Except for Boko Haram, Nigeria is not at war. But in another sense, we are; we are like a man fighting himself and wondering why peace continues to prevail. From various parts of the country, different groups are making calls and declaring their intention to create their own ‘republic’. In the last few months, I have been decreed, without consultation or my consent, into at least four of these imaginary countries. One group tells me I will be a citizen of a futuristic “Biafra Republic”; another says I am zoned into the “Ijaw Republic”; yet another has me in the “Republic of Niger Delta”; while a fourth says I will belong to “Bendel Republic”.