Assuming the federal government charily read all the premonitory signs that the expired year held in its crystal ball, it may have probably opted for a ‘crisis-free subsidy removal’ in year 2012!

But for the absurdity of the idea, Boko Haram was it. And that would have meant the celebration of evil.
However, the decision to place THE SCOURGE OF BOKO HARAM as the first runner up in this year’s issue/man of the year chosen by Vanguard came with its own haram.

There is more than meets the eye in the sacking of the governing boards of federal universities.WHY did the Federal Government, on October 20, 2011, disband the governing board of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, FUPRE, Ugbomro, Effurun, Delta State, as well as those of other Federal Government –owned universities…

That was Mr. Ibru. He kept his word. He promoted me three times within a year; whenever there was a problem, he stood by me.

A newspaper house is a hotbed of intrigues, journalists being very egoistic professionals, and those in the support services, even worse, with every little man in the corridor, an ambitious tale-bearer, within and outside the organization.

I have just read with rude shock and the unbelievable news of the death of Mr. George Onah, of the Vanguard Newspapers and my former detainee buddy at the Directorate of Military Intelligence Apapa, Lagos in 1997.

I woke up in the early hours of December 8, 2010 to find five missed calls from our correspondent in Benin, Simon Ebegbulem, wondering why he would call at that hour. I called him at 5a.m. and he said, “ Your friend, Clara, passed on last night”. I screamed and called Mr. Oseni Elamah for confirmation.

Since Nigeria gained independence as a sovereign state and started the democratic journey through conduct of elections, the April 2011 elections may, for some time, perhaps forever, be the most bloody in the country. The post-election violence that erupted in parts of the country left very ugly taste in the mouth especially in Kaduna State. The violence prompted the Federal Government to inaugurate a panel that would examine the causes.

The world population has grown tremendously over the past two thousand years. In 1999, the world population passed the six billion mark.

With its shambolic approach to carrying out its functions, the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, is in danger _ and a grave one at that – of allowing crooks to walk free.

In fact – and as publicly declared by the CCB Chairman, Mr. Sam Saba – some former state governors who had co-operated with the CCB, who have restituted, are being allowed to live their lives in peace. Indeed they are.

Organisers have repeatedly referred to the Headies as the mother of all awards and maybe they succeeded in proving their point as countless music stars who thronged to the venue had left hours later with million dollar smiles stitched to their faces. But we can tell you of one particular artiste who may have laughed the most.