A CHILD is a young person below the age of puberty who has not yet reached adulthood or one below the legal age of majority. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defines child as “a human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier”.

In two days, it would be four years since the era of Sen Dr Ifeanyi Okowa dawned on Delta State. And, let’s say it here the way it is: Okowa has given a good account of himself as the Governor of Delta State in the last four years. 
He has not only demonstrated abundance of Competence, Character and Capacity, the three Cs all good and great leaders should have, he has added a fourth, – compassion, which together with the first three, makes  him one of the best around.

If there is one development that has significantly altered the dynamics in the Niger Delta in Nigeria’s recent history, it is the declaration of amnesty for repentant combatants and the strategic implementation of a programme of Disarmament, Demobilisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration for the youths of the region under the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State was confronted by a huge task of improving the welfare of the people, and securing their lives among other tasks. How well did he cater to their social needs?

THE word, “revolution”, is currently enjoying a political and lexical rehabilitation with Nigerians, especially the youths. Though still seen as treasonable, “revolution” is no longer easily associated with evil or lack of patriotism. The type of rehabilitation that “revolution” now enjoys reminds me of the euphoric celebration of “new democracy” in the last decade of the 20th century, allegedly following the collapse of Communist Party-led governments in Eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union.