THE gruesome murder of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh by gunmen on Tuesday, December 18, 2018, was a sad reminder of the perilous times we live in, here in Nigeria.

THE much-awaited 2019 is here. May we congratulate all Nigerians who were privileged to cross over into this onerous Election Year.

There are dozens of other parties jostling for various posts, including the Presidency. Some of their candidates hold some promise. However, these parties are like toddlers who need time to grow, and time is not what the country has because a decision has to be   made early in the year to guarantee an orderly electoral process on which the country’s democracy rests

Dariye was sent to a 14-year jail term (later reduced to 10 years) by the Federal Capital Territory High Court presided over by Justice Adebukola Banjoko on a 23-count charge of diversion and laundering of 1.126 billion naira Ecological Funds belonging to the Plateau State Government. While sentencing Dariye, Justice Banjoko had called it “a brazen act of looting.”

TODAY is Christmas Day! Hurray!! On this day, which is a traditional public holiday in Nigeria, billions of people are celebrating around the world. These include the Christians, non-Christians and non-believers in any religion. Though they celebrate for different reasons, the central mood is to relax and be merry, as opposed to the hectic hustle that characterises the onset of the Yuletide.