It has become more obvious that government officials have completely insulated themselves from the realities of the wider society, where up to 70 per cent of the citizens live in poverty and millions of young people and school leavers are unemployed.

THE Oduahgate scandal is another proof positive that the rot in government at all levels, not just aviation sector alone is indeed, hydra-headed.

Nigeria’s terrorist insurgent group, Boko Haram, has formed the habit of preparing special “gifts” for ordinary, innocent Nigerians in parts of the North as festivals draw near, when vigilance is at the lowest ebb and citizens are in carefree mood.

THERE has been an alarming increase in crisis of confidence between state governments and religious organisations, particularly Christian churches in our society. It is coming in different variations from different parts of the country.

THE safety and well being of Nigerians living abroad, particularly African countries, was once again, called to question after the recent lynching of some Nigerians in Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau.

ONE of the areas in which the regime of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has frequently been in the news is the education sector. Apart from reintroducing free education in the state, Aregbesola has also embarked on revolutionary measures that have kicked up much dust, which does not promise to settle any time soon.

THE recent sad crash of Associated Airlines plane just outside the perimeter fence of the domestic wing of Murtala Mohammad Airport, Lagos exposed, once again, an ugly side of our society, which has become a regular occurrence.

IT did not come as a surprise to wary Nigerians that President Goodluck Jonathan called for a national conference. When the Senate resumed for its new legislative year in September this year, its President, Senator David Mark, had backed the call for a “national conference of ethnic nationalities.”

THE state of the economy is discussed in muted tunes. Nigerians have not been parties to the economic decisions that they bear the brunt. Public funds are essentially seen as the property of those who preside over them.

AS attacks on defenceless civilians go, the one launched against students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe State, in the early hours of Sunday September 29, was one of the goriest. Innocent students were woken from their sleep, assembled in groups and then cut down in a barrage of bullets.