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.