I turned on my television set on a seemingly bright morning. The news was being read by an extra cheerful newscaster. He took out time to throw banters with the morning crew already on set. Then he cheerfully read out the news headlines. The first item was about another order by our President to arrest some alleged looters.

Ideally, political contest for power is premised on superior arguments and ideas which the people, as the heart of democracy, could relate with as capable of truly changing their socio-economic conditions in a just society where institutions of government work in harmony with the rule of law.

In the light of the horrendous events that took place in Paris, I believe that it is time to eliminate and exterminate every single jihadist terrorist on the face of the earth. We must show them no mercy and we must hold no quarter in our fight against them. We must prove to those that espouse the philosophy of radical Islam that, no matter the degree of their savagery and no matter the number of their despicable and barbarous acts, we shall remain strong in our resolve to overwhelm and defeat them.

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan turned 58 on Friday, without fanfare. The day passed without so much of the flattering goodwill messages from fawning and dissembling politicians and attention seekers.““It truly was one of the best birthday moments in recent times for the former President.

The world has been sympathizing with the people of France and particularly the Parisians who last week witnessed another terrorists attack. The outpouring of grief and sorrow has been very infectious from one end of the world to another. And in the same vein, the condemnation of this unnecessary attack has been universal with no sympathy for religion or race.

While wishing him success, the advice is needful that the new Minister of Power should read the unwritten book- “Bola Ige and the power-that-be in the Power Ministry”. While nobody can find any book of this title on any shelf because it’s my coinage, the title is philosophical and passes the message that BRF must learn from the ate Chief James Ajibola Idowu Adegoke Ige, SAN.

The appointment of Mrs. Kemi Adeosun as Finance Minister did not come as a surprise to many analysts. She was a predictable choice, tipped by both local and international media as one of the favorites to clinch the top job because of her outstanding financial and accounting background. Bloomberg, a United States based international financial magazine, in an article written by Paul Wallace, had predicted – based on a survey of select analysts – that she would be Buhari’s choice for Finance Minister on the basis that she “has a strong background, … has a lot of energy, … is high on integrity; … is pro-reform and ..is a realist.”

How are the mighty fallen? If you watched the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, during its pitiable re-branding conference, penultimate Thursday, you would be reminded of the Bourbon dynasty in France as it lost grip of power.

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has implored Federal Government to take urgent measures to end current fuel scarcity in different parts of the country.

Aung San Suu Kyi writes in Letters from Burma: “I have never ceased to be moved by the sense of the world lying quiescent and vulnerable, waiting to be awakened by the light of the new day quivering just beyond the horizon…”

POLICE investigation action starts with either a petition or a complaint by an aggrieved person or by an agency over a misdemeanor or some criminal conduct to a superior police officer ranging from the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to any of his numerous offices. The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, is the closest Senior officer to the people at the Local Government Area or wherever, and depending on the type of station, some DPOs have well over 100 police officers under their control and command.

IN its bid to accord Nigeria a prideful place in the international non-oil export trade, the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has unfolded series of agricultural exports redemption packages in an attempt to shore up the nation’s reputation in global non-oil export markets.

A clearly orchestrated tirade against the Supreme Court of Nigeria in respect of its acceptance of an undertaking by the counsel to the Respondent in the Saraki Appeal has come to my attention following two days of consistent bashing of the Court for daring to do the unthinkable by scuttling the politically motivated stampede to remove Bukola Saraki from his position as Senate President through a wholly unconstitutional trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

SINCE the advent of the APC government at the centre, the issue of national spread in appointments has been a source of concern to many Nigerians, who feel that government appointments have tilted in favour of a section of the country. It was against such background that the announcement of the composition of various committees in the National Assembly was awaited with bated breath.

THE recent judgement of the Elections Petitions Tribunal in Abuja declared APC’s Aisha Jummai Alhassan as the duly elected governor of Taraba state and ordered the sitting Governor, PDP’s Architect Darius Ishaku, to vacate office on the grounds that he did not emerge the candidate of the PDP in a properly-conducted primary election.