SENATE President David Bonaventure Achelenu Mark states his convictions emphatically. He can be hyperbolic sometimes, yet he means his words.

ABDOULAYE Wade, 85, once symbolised Senegal’s early efforts at democratic governance. Now he is the single biggest opposition to his country’s survival as a democracy. His failure to win the required 50 per cent of the votes in the presidential election was a protest against his third term bid after he fiddled with the constitution 15 times in his 12-year presidency.

ALMOST after 40 years of its introduction, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, is yearly going through challenges that make people question its relevance. In the past, the major issue was many NYSC members not finding places for their secondary assignments after their discharge from the orientation camps.

EULOGIES have been pouring since his departure last November 26. Everyone finally has a chance to state an impression of the man many describe as an enigma. Nigerians have been on their feet applauding a man who dared to be different.

MORE than five years after the last of the series of air crashes that claimed 380 lives, a report on the crashes has blamed “pilot error” for the accidents. It named “flight rustiness, negligence on the part of regulatory agency” among the main reasons for the incidents.