AT 98, Chief Jerome Udoji, could only be said to have had a blissful life, leaving behind him, words of endearment of a man who spent greater part of his life to promote the welfare of mankind.

ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent visit to the United States of America, USA on the invitation of President Barak Obama is his recognition of Jonathan’s leadership of Nigeria at this critical time.

THE arrest of a Greek-owned oil vessel on Wednesday, March 31st 2010 at the Lagosgbene Creek of Brass, Bayelsa state by operatives of the Joint Military Task Force came as welcome news. It shows that our security personnel in the strategic oil producing zone of our country are still very alert and alive to their responsibilities.

THE arrest of a Greek-owned oil vessel on Wednesday, March 31st 2010 at the Lagosgbene Creek of Brass, Bayelsa state by operatives of the Joint Military Task Force came as welcome news. It shows that our security personnel in the strategic oil producing zone of our country are still very alert and alive to their responsibilities.

Nigeria’s longest serving military leader, General Yakubu Gowon, at the 2010 Conference of the Institute of Directors, brought back to the fore the importance of long term development planning to ensure the smooth and sustainable development of the country.

THE necessity for the dissolution of the President Umar Yar’ Adua cabinet inherited by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan showed when its members were rived into two camps, one supporting the ailing president while the other was in favour of the Acting President.

THE unexpected death, Sunday, of second republic Governor of old Kano State and one-time Communications Minister, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi, has lengthened the list of prominent Nigerians, who died suddenly.

THE Nigerian economy is no doubt facing serious challenges. One of the challenges it is grappling with is capital flight which might soon assume the proportion of haemorrhage as Nigerians and corporate bodies are moving funds massively out of the country as well as changing from naira to dollar since September last year.

ON Friday, April 2, 2010, the Chief Imam of the Abuja Central Mosque, Alhaji Ustaz Mohammed and other Muslim leaders, including Dr Ibrahim Datti Ahmad, disclosed that they were among a group of Muslim clerics who visited ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua at the presidential palace and found him well enough to have received and prayed with them.

The state of insecurity in the country is deteriorating. By the day, we are recording terrible cases of murder, assassination, violent robbery and extra-judicial killings without any one being brought to justice.

Today, we continue the celebrations of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity, from the dead. The Easter period, in some Christian denominations, kicked off with the 40-day Lenten period of self-denial, while in some it started with Palm Sunday.

FOR the second time in as many weeks, the Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi created some furore in Nigeria with his comments on the question of unity in the country, and what should be done about it.

IT had seemed like a crisis situation. Indeed, for many families, it was. When recently foodstuff sellers from the northern part of the country decided to withdraw their services as a result of oppressive taxation and extortion they suffered, especially in South Western parts of Nigeria , the markets ran dry of such commodities as meat, vegetables, fruits and other agricultural consumables that people, especially Lagos dwellers, had come to take for granted.

FROM the Vice-Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Professor Boniface Egboka, came yet another warning that the Niger Bridge at Onitsha/Asaba, is on the verge of collapse.

THERE seems to be no end to the barrage of bad news indicating that Nigeria is one of the most badly governed political entities in the world. We already know, through indisputable statistical evidence drawn up by credible international agencies, that Nigeria ranks among the worst when it comes to such indicators as corruption, risk of doing business, and ability of its security agencies to exert effective control over its territory.