AT a time of need for more continental integration, the growing immigration row between Nigeria and South Africa is needless, unless it achieves the important objective of helping both countries to understand and respect each other.

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.