Just as the world was getting used to the death of Africa’s first female Nobel Laureate, Professor Wangari Maathai, who fell to the scourge of cancer, another, even bigger global figure, Mr. Steve Jobs, fell to pancreatic cancer. His passing was announced by the Apple Company, which he co-founded.

Activities of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, were recently called to question, when a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos declared that the agency had no power to impose fine on traffic offenders, but rather, such offenders should be brought to the appropriate court of law, which has the power to impose such fines.

Lately, there have been reported incidents of rape in some parts of the country. The ugly development has attracted the attention of higher authorities in government. But it equally calls for collective concern.

IF what the Minister of Health, Dr. Onyebuchi Chukwu said recently is anything to go by, then we may soon see a sharp drop in the incidence of sending public officers abroad for medical treatment.

THE assumption of office by Brigadier- General Nnamdi Okorie-Affia as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) coincides with the commencement of the 2011/2012 service year of the scheme and 38 years since it was established.