For the doubting Thomases who did not believe people were kidnapped by insurgents in the northern part of the country, the rescue of over 500 people, mostly females and children, by the military has put them wrong. The rescue showed that many innocent souls have been wasted by the careless attitude of our government. Seeing the way these people are malnourished, what they went through is better imagined.

Whether people believe it or not, it is better that someone dies and he is buried than for him to be lost and relations are looking for him. The trauma and unending hope awaiting the lost one can be killing. In the last one year of this global outrage, nations, including the United States, United Kingdom, France and China have vowed to help find the missing Chibok girls, yet, all went back without given any clue on their whereabouts.

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It is true that the best hands hardly or never get the job as the case may be. Nigeria is full of talented brains that have solutions to offer to make the nation the desired place if the available human resources and economic resources that God has put in place for us are properly harnessed.

There are different types of leaders we now have in Nigeria. We have transactional leaders, changed leaders and transformational leaders. A transactional leader transacts with the people he is leading. He does things based on what to benefit. He weighs his actions and does only the things that will bring personal joy to him not considering the people around him. He is filled with the spirit of me, myself and I.

Cell phones are not really important when family and friends are present. Rule 1: ‘Family comes first’. If you are spending time with your family, don’t fiddle with your phone as this makes you ignore others which show that they are not important.

Parents are witnesses to unending list of books from kindergarten to primary schools in Nigeria especially in private schools. Despite this, 50% of these books are not opened till these children are promoted to the next class. One begins to wonder if schools now work for publishers or there is not enough time to finish the scheme of work for schools.

Do you know the biggest room in the world today? A room in the White House in America? A room in Aso Rock? Or a mansion somewhere you think? Far from it children? The biggest room in the world is ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. This means whatever you are in life, whatever challenges you face or have faced and even whatever result you got in the last session, there is always room for improvement. This room is so big that it gives you lots of opportunity to read, study, take decision to improve and even allow you to build your self esteem.

Why shouldn’t there be a soft bed for me?’ As he uttered these words, a colourful and comfortable bed of velvet appeared before him immediately.

A young boy of about 13 years answered and said, ‘I want to be a politician’. His reason was that he wanted to be rich. To the little boy, being a politician is the most lucrative career.

Hello stars out there!

Did you see last week’s pull out publication on the Children’s conference? It was a bamh! It is for archive and I do hope you kept yours. For those who have not seen their pictures, I have some more for you in this edition. The pictures continues in subsequent editions, so don’t forget to tell your parents to buy a copy of Sunday Vanguard for you every Sunday.