I AM not too sure if the President is conversant with the modus operandi of a “Fifth Columnist” in any organisational structure, mostly in government. Because if he does, he would have been able to detect that a fifth columnist is at work in his government. Recent events are pointer to the full metaphor of this “killer squad” going by that name.

THE spiritual space over Nigeria has become heavily polluted, indeed rather putrid in the recent times. This is with regards to the wanton destruction of lives and property characterising the trend of Boko Haram insurgency in the North of the country and elsewhere.

EXPLOITATION and exploration of solid minerals are governed by The Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act 2007 (“the Act”) which was passed into law on March 16, 2007 to repeal the Minerals and Mining Act, No. 34 of 1999. The Act vests control of all properties and minerals in Nigeria in the states and prohibits unauthorised exploration or exploitation of minerals.

THESE are not the best of times for the All Progressives Congress, APC, and this should concern all progressives in the country, from the real to the latter day ones like Governors who have come into the APC and bequeath the party with nothing but crises. From Lagos to Edo, from Kogi to Katsina, there are crises everywhere; the generality of the youth in the party from the Northern part of the country are no longer sure that the beloved General Muhammadu Buhari will get the presidential ticket following a selfish machination put together by the so-called Yoruba leader who misfired by hurling invectives at all but three of the traditional rulers of his tribe.

RECENTLY in the news was United States discovery of shale and gas in commercial quantity which has made them to stop buying Nigeria crude oil in commercial quantity. Invariably the recent development will surely affect Nigeria’s revenue considering that crude oil is the major source of the country’s revenue and the US was the highest buyer of our crude before now. It was as a result of this development that people have been agitating and calling on our leaders before now to diversify the country’s economy to make it less dependent on oil.

As the renowned American Diplomat and Political Scientist Henry Kissinger stated, ” those who are indifferent to power will be overtaken by power seekers”.

True to this statement, the average Nigerian has been indifferent or lukewarm towards political power and consequently, the political elites have dominated power since independence. As the 2015 elections draw nearer, I have studied the unfolding dynamics and permutations, my conclusion is that all factors considered, it is in the best interest of Nigeria to re-elect President Jonathan for another four years. I have summarized my reasons below.

AFTER the Chief Imam ended the prayer in the mosque, his deputy collected the microphone and delivered strong worded condemnation on insurgents for the killing of innocent people in the name of Islam. The deputy ended by saying “terrorists will roast in hell-fire!”

WHEN people that know say ” poverty is a choice”, the uninformed will be criticising them. Ignorance is indeed a disease.

A NEW word is eager to come into existence and enrich our political lexicon. The word is “jonamisogyny”. It is coined from Jona (often used in social media as a diminutive for Jonathan, the surname of our President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan), and the English word “misogyny”, defined by my Wordweb dictionary as “hatred for women”.

THE 21st century is a period of the novel and unexpected. It is also a period of new risks delivered with new means and potentially more devastating consequences.

WHEN the G8 leaders met in Northern Ireland on 17 – 18 June 2013 to discuss tax, trade and transparency, we believed it necessary for them to consider how these issues can serve as the platforms to address the problem of oil theft in the Niger Delta, which in 2008 the G8 leaders meeting in Japan had promised to help President Shehu Yar’adua. Only a global partnership between the International community, the Nigerian Government and Local communities can end oil theft.

I COULDN’T contain my laughter as I watched an interview session on a local television station in Benin City, where a man said he was promised the ticket to become the next governor of Edo State.

THE goose and the gander are indeed lucky birds. So also are the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND and the Boko Haram insurgents; especially so for the Boko Haram insurgents who took up arms against their fatherland, but are being considered for forgiveness of sins because the Federal Government thinks it is the best way to go to have peace and unity in the land.

AN overwhelming majority of the people of Ebonyi State are in total support of the plan of their Governor, Chief Martin Elechi to access bond issue from the Capital Market in order to complete major legacy projects of his administration before leaving office.

I AM totally opposed to the dissolution of Nigeria. I am an avowed, unrepentant proponent of one Nigeria. Advocates of secession, sometimes, attribute Nigeria’s litany of problems to the country’s diversity and size, and thus, argue that the solution of these problems is in the breaking up of what has proven an unmanageable, blundering, bumbling behemoth.