Our schools should train more psychiatrists to treat millions of Nigerians who are suffering from mental illnesses, which can predispose them to suicide

FOLLOWING the election of lawmakers for the Edo House of Assembly in March 2019, the burden of expectations from their constituents was high principally because of the impressive work of Governor Godwin Obaseki who has been dubbed ‘Wake and See Governor’ by the people over his performance. But just before the Assembly was to be inaugurated, 15 out of the 24 elected members, who are first timers, threw caution to the wind by making wild demands on the governor before yielding to his choice of principal leaders of the assembly. This is the root of the crisis presently rocking the Assembly.

JANUS was the Roman mythological god that had two faces, front and back. One looked back into the past, with the other gazing forward into the future. Heaven helps you if you lost your way and ran into Janus at a crossroads. He would blight your plight.

THIS is an open letter to Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on the health of Nigerian banks. The purpose of the piece is not the misery index, even though current levels of inflation and unemployment are at feverish level; the essence is for him to be conducting stress tests on the Nigerian banks bi-annually. This is informed by concerns on the current state of health of the banks, which is causing apprehension among Nigerian depositors over safety of their investments.

Nigeria has had a number of footballing greats; from the dancing feet of the super talented Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha, to the drag feet roulette of the two times African footballer of the year – Kanu Nwankwo, the heroics of Emmanuel Amuneke at the nations cup and Olympics, to the fleet foot of one the greatest African wingers Finidi George; the line-up of stars paraded by the super eagles over the years has sent shivers into the spines of opponents over the years.