THE insensitivity of Governor Isa Yuguda’s remarks about National Youth Service Corps members killed in his state is worsened by his lame attempt to deny the comments, a denial that confirmed the governor really uttered those words at a time families are mourning over the senseless killing of their wards.

FOUR years after he failed to perpetuate himself in office, Olusegun Obasanjo is explaining why African leaders are reluctant to leave office. He should know, considering that he did everything not to leave, until Nigerians shut the door on him.

NOTHING is new about all the noise made over women’s representation in elective political offices. At a point, it seemed that there was a law reserving 35 per cent of the elective positions for women.

THE applauses that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been getting, says something for the minimal standards under which we operate. People have mostly aligned with the provision of the Electoral Act where “substantial compliance” is acceptable.

WHEN most people thought the United States had given up the chase on Osama bin Laden, reputed leader of al-Qaeda, President Barack Obama announced that US forces shot him dead on Sunday in the Bilal area of Abbottabad, about 97km north of Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.

MANY Nigerians may not know about the National Automotive Council of Nigeria, NAC, though the organisation is 18 years old. Its mandate is to harness resources to enhance local manufacturing of vehicles in Nigeria.

AS organised labour marched yesterday in celebration of Workers’ Day, top on the agenda was the implementation of the N18, 000 minimum wage that some States claim they cannot pay. Labour has lamented the impoverishment of workers over the years. It has done little else.

SOME of the most brilliant ideas about how to make Nigeria work better are thrown around during campaigns. They seem to die once the elections are over. Candidates spoke eloquently about their plans to improve things. The abundance of promises cannot be so easily forgotten. Some said they would tackle infrastructure.

IN a rare case of presidential umbrage, President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Minister of Interior, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, earlier in the month. Many thought it had something to do with the riots all over the country.

If the world is full of misery and heart-break, pain, sickness and oppression, it is because we caused it. — Socrates AT a time the National Youth Service Corps is finding relevance again, deaths of NYSC members in riots across the country have provided the latest reasons for calls to end the scheme. Emotions are […]