THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, cannot convict high profile thieves. EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Lamorde, while asking for more money to run his unproductive organisation told the Senate that big thieves had resources to keep their loot while their cases linger in court.

THE information management system of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration is inchoate, inadequate and downright confusing.

INCIDENTS of collapsed buildings have become daily items in the news. It has long been established that most buildings, especially multi-floor and high-rise ones, collapse as a result of poor adherence to safety regulations for modern edifices.

THERE is more to Kogi than the flood that devastated the state recently. The flood might have concealed the political bickering in the state, but as the waters recede, the state is back to the brinks.

IF you are a Nigerian living abroad, there would be something to celebrate in the charge by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Olugbenga Ashiru, to Nigerian’s missions to ensure quick services, though the report was about issuance of visas “to attract foreign investors”.

AFRICA is so doomed because we discuss its future without pondering the implications of the woes we bemoan.

PROFESSOR Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has a penchant for explaining INEC’s failings. After two years on the saddle, he thinks INEC’s deficiencies play no part in credible elections.

IT is a great idea to restore civil rule in Mali. Promoters of the idea must fund it as well as send their own troops to Mali. It is no time to shift the burden to Nigeria as has been the case in the past 20 years.

ANYONE who listened attentively to former President Olusegun Obasanjo would think that the challenge Nigerian politicians faced was the absence of party manifestoes to guide their relations with the electorate.

OF all the things in the world, our politicians are bickering over the conduct of American politicians during their elections. They are accusing each other of not following the American way of accepting defeat and congratulating the winner.

SOMETHING in the report of the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force, PRSTF, must be galling the Presidency.

WHY all the outrage about Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Maryam Aloma Mukhtar, refusing to administer oath of office on Justice Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo, as a justice of the Appeal Court?

THE contrast was clear. On Tuesday, while Americans were voting for a president, their 10th president since 1961, three of who did two terms, Cameroonians were celebrating the 30th anniversary of President Paul Biya in power.

PEOPLE shocked that doctorate degree holders are applying for jobs as truck drivers may not appreciate the extent of the unemployment situation.

THE US elections today highlight the centrality of the people to a country’s politics. All the issues are about the welfare of Americans. Whether in war or peace, America is in perpetual search for resources to improve its peoples.