THE Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Malam Lamido Sanusi, stirred another round of controversies on Thursday, August 23, 2012 when he announced the bank’s intention to introduce a mega-value N5,000 currency note in addition to large-scale redesigning and restructuring of our currencies.

AT last, governors and leaders of the 19 states of the defunct Northern Region seem to have realised that the primary responsibility for arresting the many challenges facing the region in particular and the nation at large lies with them.

President Goodluck Jonathan was in a battle mood in the chambers of Aso Villa last week when he administered another oath to members of his executive, commiting them to shape up and deliver quality service or be shipped out.

THE search for the real killers of the late Principal Private Secretary to the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, is rapidly turning into another show of shame amidst conflicting efforts by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Department of State Security Services (SSS).

ONE of the numerous downsides of the Internet revolution is the use of it by perverts, predators and criminals to prey upon naïve, young and impressionable minds.

Nigeria’s state oil monopoly, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) recently stirred the hornet’s nest by rejecting a request by Daily Trust Newspapers to furnish it with details of a recent recruitment exercise, over which the paper accused the corporation of favouritism.

AN unnecessary controversy has been making the rounds between the Delta State Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the rightful owners of the $15 million (N2.4 million) which the commission alleged former Governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, gave as a bribe to it in 2007.

Sunset of Saturday, August 18, 2012 marked the end of the month-long Ramadan fast in the Muslim world. The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared today and tomorrow as public holidays to enable the celebrants, their friends, well-wishers and other Nigerians enjoy full four days of relaxation and merriment.

THE much anticipated London Olympics of July 27 and August 12, 2012 has come and gone. Nigeria sent a contingent of 116 athletes and officials. We participated in the eight sports, where we are supposed to enjoy some comparative advantage — athletics, boxing, weightlifting, wrestling, table tennis, canoeing, basketball and taekwondo.

ON October 10, 2002, the International Court of Justice delivered a historic verdict awarding sovereignty over the Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroun. Exactly 10 years later in October this year, by the terms of the 2005 Green Tree Agreement, Nigeria’s cession of its erstwhile territory would be completed unless, by the rules of the Court, she raises fresh issues for a re-visit.

ON Thursday, August 2, 2012, the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, signed the Lagos Road Traffic Bill into law. He said it was in a bid to ensure safety and orderly flow of traffic in the state.

Nearly one month after the conclusion of the governorship election in Edo State, quiet political currents in the state have continued to attract the attention of well meaning Nigerians.

THE protracted tussle between the federal government and concessionaire, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd (BASL) is an untidy example of how officials’ poor attitude to government work clogs our developmental efforts.

The announcement by the Federal Government of rising interest of investors in the rapidly privatising power sector is, indeed, a matter of interest to those concerned for improved power supply in Nigeria.

For months on end, communities lying close to the Lagos coasts have cried themselves hoarse for government to come to their aid and remove ship wreckages that have led to the rapid disappearance of their land into the Atlantic Ocean.