THE house is like any other along the street, without any special adornment. We are in the largely middle-class suburb of Surulere in Lagos. But to my pleasant surprise, the street, which I have not visited for several years, has now been turned into a double carriageway.

ALL will be quiet on the Federal front and the desperate do or die battle to have the Presidency will abate.

I WAS amused at the almost physical pain exhibited by Is’haq Modibo Kawu in his column in the Vanguard Newspaper on Thursday, May 2, 2013, whilst reacting to a recent speech in the U.S.A. by Mr. Kingsley Kuku, the President’s Adviser on the Niger Delta.

He has become angry, very angry, lately. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria, has not been sleeping pretty because of that. Also, he has become constantly agitated. Looking mostly forlorn, Jonathan is aging fast. Therefore, at a meeting with the top apparatchik of the security services, it was an enraged Jonathan who asked his security chiefs to explain how the country descended to the abyss that it has found itself.

PROLOGUE
What is evil? Where is evil? Who is evil? When does evil strike? How does evil strike? We may ask these questions, not necessarily as rhetoric. But more as a function of a sense of hopelessness and helplessness! And not because we do not have an idea of what it is; but much more because the mere thought of it evokes a feeling that would make you shriek in fear.

From East to South, North to West, Nigerians in their numbers have continued to commend President Jonathan for taking the audacious move. A good number of Nigerians spoke exclusive to Saturday Vanguard on the issue.

The declaration of Emergency Rule in three northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to contain the rising tide of insurgency and terrorism in the country is perhaps one bold move the President has made since he assumed office in May, 2011.

Prominent Nigerians have continued to condemn the increasing rate of insecurity and killings in the country. They also frowned at loss of lives and properties in some parts of the country.

BY OPEOLUWANI OGUNJIMI Nigeria today has been described as a war zone, no thanks to the  many killings in the country. In fact, the killings have gone from bad to worse, thrown the entire country into a state of anarchy, making the only viable solution  the declaration of State of Emergency, a move vehemently kicked […]

The way and manner which lives are being wasted in Nigeria ever since the the present administration assumed office, is now a matter of very big concern to Nigerians.

THE three international oil companies were: Mobil Oil for Port Harcourt, ELF (now Total) for Kaduna, and Fineste for Warri. All that was left was to execute the Agreements and kick off the process by September 1993. However, I refused to serve on the Interim Government.

IT is very interesting that the Nigerian Association For Energy Economics is holding this International Conference at this time when the Federal Government and the National Assembly are still far from concluding the discussions and negotiations on the Petroleum Industries Bill which was submitted to the National Assembly in 2008.

SUCH high level meetings have attracted considerable investment portfolios to the country. Dr. Adebajo, in his article, failed to highlight the gains of our economic diplomacy which the Jonathan Administration has given renewed vigour in the last two years.

THE Minister of Works, Arc. Mike Onolememen, has declared that the country is in the process of developing a National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (2014-2043).

I READ the article titled ‘Decline of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy’, published in The Guardian of May 6, 2013 by Dr. Adekeye Adebajo, Executive Director for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town, South Africa.