Global anger swept across the world this week with revelations of extensive snooping on leaders of major allies of United States and institutions by the US National Security Agency, (NSA), which claims that its actions were part of the counter terrorism operations.

ISSUES around the lopsided appointments in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been long lasting, and also long-ignored, but they persist because they are not simple matters. They would not go away by being ignored.

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.