HONESTLY and sincerely I never believed there is endemic corruption in developed countries, including the United States of America, especially in politics and corporate world, until I read thousands of comments after the execution of Iranian billionaire, Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, over N2.6bn bank fraud.

CHIEF Theodore Ahamuefule Orji assumed office as governor of Abia State in May 2007, just 17 years after the creation of the state from old Imo State, a period military administrators were in-charge of governance for eight-years, while their civilian counterpart held sway for nine years.

IF there is one thing that terrorist organisations crave most, it is the publicity their violent actions generate.

THE principles of Benthamism and Aristotlelianism posit that “the prime and cardinal purpose of any good government and patriotic leadership is the pursuit of the greatest good for the largest member”.

IT says a lot about the disconnect between the House of Representatives and the state of the nation that at a time of tense concern about threats to internal security and territorial integrity, Speaker Aminu Tambuwal can only think of resuming the petty inquisition against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, that has ridiculed the legislators’ sense of purpose.

ONE of Africa’s greatest figures, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, coined the term ‘neo-colonialism’ to encompass the yoke of expectational burdens imposed on developing countries by elements from advanced countries or former colonialists.

BY the time the Chibok girls were abducted, it was clear to the whole world that the Nigerian forces, do not have the capacity to contain the Boko Haram insurgents and so, many countries volunteered their assistance.

IN security matters, it is difficult to describe a planned event as phantom, because the men who create the events are likely to un-create it and put the uninitiated in a state of doubt, as it was in the much reported planned trip of President Goodluck Jonathan to Chibok.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will never cease to amaze with his simplistic ways and rationalisations. On the Boko Haram insurgents whose abduction of over 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno state, that has now taken centre stage, globally, the President simply dismissed criticisms of his reported aborted trip to Chibok, contending that it was not mandatory for him to visit the town.

I WATCHED Mrs Jonathan’s meeting on Channels TV and came away with more than mixed feelings.

THE heinous activities of terrorists in Nigeria has no doubt tainted the image of Islam and Muslims much more than it has dented the image of the country.

THERE is no gainsaying the fact that some people are out to mess up the Dr Goodluck Jonathan-led government. During and after the campaign for 2011 national elections many politicians swore that they would make the country ungovernable for Jonathan if they did not win.

IT’S another season for serious politicking, horse-trading and carpet-crossing as the 2015 general elections draw near. Already, in Edo State, even when the gubernatorial election in the state is not due until sometime in the year of our Lord 2016, the political gladiators have sharpened and brought out their long knives to, as they say, share the loot!

ON Monday, May 19, 2014, newspapers and other news outlets across the country were awash with reports arising from a press statement signed by Chief Tony Anenih, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, BoT. Anenih, who has been a firm fixture in the upper echelons of the ruling PDP since the party’s early days, made a noteworthy departure from partisan politics by calling for national unity against the threat of insurgency.

THE nation of Israel has never been a stranger to wars from the Biblical times to this day. They, therefore, built and developed structures and systems that make them succeed and dominate their environment and situation. Israel has become self-sufficient in almost all sectors of their economy through the use of lessons from numerous war experiences.