There are many unresolved problems in Nigeria , but the issue of corruption is not only troubling but herculean. The damage it has done is so terrible. The menace of corruption leads to slow movement of files in offices, police extortion and slow traffics on the highways, ghost workers syndrome, election irregularities, etc.

The conduct of transparent, free and fair elections is central to the credibility of the electoral process and the level of the acceptability of the outcome by the candidates and the public. “The winners of an election are usually satisfied with the outcome, but it is often more challenging to persuade the losers (and their supporters) that they lost.

The absence of President Umar Yar’adua and the ruling PDP’s (mis)handling of Nigeria’s current political situation can be likened to soap opera about a family whose bread winner is missing. And as soap operas go it has a hint of comedy, intrigue, tragedy and drama. Though only time can tell whether or not it will have a happy ending.

Today is another historic day as the Nigerian Bar Association,(NBA) Ikeja branch organised another lecture tagged ‘Fawehinmiism’ in honour of the late legal icon and social critic, late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN. Today’s lecture, the sixth in the series will address leadership problem in Nigeria.

When most filling stations began to experience long queues in the last quarter of last year, commuters and motorists had thought that the problem would not extend into the new year.