All those that are attempting to distort the narrative about the tragic plight of Miss Ese Oruru are evil and we commit them to God’s judgement. The facts are as follows.

ONE of the cardinal virtues that Pastor (Barrister) Osagie Ize-Iyamu will be bringing into the Edo State guber race this year, 2016, is his redemptive Pan-Edo Vision and outlook that has put him in pole position to wrest the governorship diadem with a fair election process and triumph overwhelmingly. He possesses that leadership qualities which would deploy the state’s available and scarce resources to areas of utmost need in the 18 local government areas.

ABOUT a week ago, I published the first part of a series of essays focused on the grave and crippling challenges facing the Nigerian economy. I must say that I was surprised but gratified at the positive feedback received, and by the interest generated from diverse stakeholders, both at home and abroad.

WE have a two pronged challenge to the Boko Haram, BH, war. First is to ensure the total decimation of the BH movement so that it does not rear its ugly head again. The second is a total resettlement, rehabilitation and re integration of the victims. Both of these measures are very important to the peace and stability of the nation, especially in the north eastern parts of the country. The question is: Should we tackle them simultaneously or take one item at a time?

Have you ever considered how to develop a leadership strategy that lasts? If so, you are not alone, as this is one of the many challenges facing modern HR professionals as HR’s function within a business becomes more strategically aligned with the C-suite.

READING Lanre Is’haq’s Modibbo mono thematic page recently, got me thinking about my late mother’s philosophical analogy of a mad man, who stumbled on a defecating man and quickly made for his clothes, sprinting away.

THERE can be no freedom without the law. While it is the law that limits our freedom, it is also the law that guarantees our freedom. When there is no law to limit one’s freedom, there will be no law to guarantee his freedom. Therefore, democracy, with its entrenched safeguards and expansive latitude for individual rights and freedom must inevitably be founded on the law.

APART from the issue of oil subsidy, no other subject has enraged and infuriated Nigerians more than the issue of the jumbo salaries and allowances of the members of the National Assembly.

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) was in the streets across Nigeria recently protesting and picketing offices of electricity distribution companies (DISCOS). NLC was fighting against February 1 approved increase of over 45% by electricity regulator, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

After concluding their preparation for their upcoming Africa Cup of Nations 2017 qualifying clash with Nigeria, Egypt’s Argentinean manager Hector Cuper announced that he finally reached the final line-up for the crucial game.

On the 20th of February 2016, Nigeria’s President Buhari hardened his stance against devaluing the Nigerian Naira because he believes devaluation will not help the country “as it had few exports apart from oil and depended on imports whose cost would rise with such a move.” This view is shared by Governor Emefiele of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who noted on 17th November 2015 “Our major export commodity which accounts for more than 80% of our income is crude oil…and what is supposed to be the non oil export, we are not producing effectively.” CBN governor, Emefiele, also warned that that naira devaluation would lead to hyperinflation.

The nation was caught in the web of political confusion in 2009/2010 following the protracted illness and consequent long absence of late President Umar Yar’Adua without transmitting a letter to the National Assembly, so as to enable the then Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, to steer the ship of state in an acting capacity. Nigeria was in a fix. Then came the Senate with the Doctrine of Necessity, a novel term at the time in our political lexicon. The Doctrine of Necessity is the basis on which extra-legal actions by state actors, which are designed to restore order, are found to be constitutional. It is used to define and validate extra-constitutional issues and actions that fall outside the purview of the constitution, but which are necessary to preserve political stability, as it did for Nigeria at the time.

THE story of corruption in Nigeria has become like the story of tortoise in most Nigerian folklore. Everyday when Nigerians wake up, they are eagerly waiting for the release of next list of names of allegedly corrupt government officials and politicians; be it Dasukigate (the list of persons and companies allegedly involved in the stealing/sharing of the $2.1 Billion meant to fight Boko Haram), the alleged fraud in the Ministry of Defence (which I refer to as Defencegate), particularly the one against the top officials of the Nigeria Air Force, or the alleged fraud at NIMASA or the alleged fraud in Nigeria Customs Service or even the one at the National Broadcasting Commission.

OUR leaders are masters at conditioning, and thus have taken us all for granted for so much since after 1970.They have mastered the art of forcing very hard situations upon us, in a way that when they prescribe their solution, they make old things appear new, and we are left with no options than to clamour and beg for it, whereas there is nothing new under heaven, even in Nigeria.

THE controversies surrounding the conduct of the 2015 General Elections have refused to abate even with nine months into the life of the current political dispensation.