Many may not know that last Thursday’s bomb blast was the second attempt on the life of Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Abubakar Ringim. The first was last month – by a police officer who had attempted to either use voodoo or bombs. We’ll get to that later.

THERE is no way you would visit the Delta Steel Company, DSC, Ovwian-Aladja, Delta State, the foremost integrated steel plant in Nigeria and south of the Sahara, formerly owned by the Federal Government, but now sold to an Indian company, Global Steel Holdings Limited, GSHL, headed by Mr. Pramod Mitel, without weeping for Nigeria. No matter how you look at it, it is clear that all is not well with the company, presently owned 80 per cent by a foreigner and 20 per cent by Nigeria.

The recent story of a woman , Mrs Precious Donatus Ogbonna who delivered seven babies within 11 months has continued to elicit reactions from people. However, the woman at the centre of the controversy insists that the children are her babies and doubting Thomases are free to conduct DNA test to ascertain the veracity of her claim.” I am ready to subject my kids to DNA tests. I would have done it since but for lack of funds”

At first, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, an experienced endocrinologist and joint pioneer of In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Research in Nigeria and the entire West African region, couldn’t comprehend the statement.

On June 12 1993, millions of Nigerians voted in the election adjudged to be the best ever conducted in the history of Nigeria.