Politician, pundit and property purveyor, Ken Okolugbo was in his elements that Friday afternoon at a long-planned rendezvous in the Lekki area of Lagos.

THE job losses in the country has continued unabated, worsening the already employment crisis confronting Nigeria. Among other challenges facing the sector, President of the National Union of Chemical Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees, Comrade Olatunji Babatunde ‘Goke, in this interface with Labour Vanguard, said no fewer than 20,000 members have been lost in the last five years.

Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, at a media chat with journalists after the inauguration of President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone in Freetown, on Saturday said that President Julius Maada Bio’s inauguration was a great celebration of democracy and that the transition which was a peaceful one from one civilian president to another was signals hope for the people of Sierra Leone.

Within the week, a lot of events related to 2019 took place across the nation. From the botched congresses of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, the medical trip to the United Kingdom by President Muhammadu Buhari, the merger of the Coalition for Nigerian Movement CNM with the African Democratic Congress ADC to the declarations of former Edo Governor, Adams Oshiomhole to contest for the national chairmanship of the APC and ace journalist, Alistair Soyode for the 2019 presidency, it has been one hell of a week.

The quest for greener pastures abroad by some Nigerian youths is on the increase despite calls by concerned citizens to desist from such practices. The aftermath of such trips, orchestrated by touts and dubious travel agents with consequential effects, is a sordid story. Many who embarked on such trips either to the point of destination or turned back, return to tell tales of bruised emotions or disorientation.