The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, have two major goals which currently pre-occupy their minds: to lessen the financial burden on government as regards the funding of the first generation university and to make the institution self-reliant by 2012.

FOR the about two decades the School Village, Ikeja had been in existence , it had no reliable source of water supply. Both teachers and students usually trekked a distance of about 100 metres to fetch water.

People were sweating profusely with some growing restless in this Agege-bound bus this hot and humid Lagos evening. Traffic was moving at a snail speed with various vehicles emitting dangerous smoke and horns hooting, all these intensifying the heat and the discomfort of road users.

THE mood was palpably solemn, if not sorrowful, that day at No 4, Shaw Road Ikoyi, Lagos head office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Indeed , almost all the operatives wore long faces as they went about their duties. Even the visitors that thronged the place on this day also found themselves speaking in low tones as they exchanged pleasantries.

We will not bore you with any introduction to this interview. Admiral Godwin Ndubuisi Kanu, former military governor of old Imo State and Lagos State,was a National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, chieftain.