IT is hard to resist participating in the ongoing conversation regarding the blasphemy charges raised against one of our very own son of Egbaland, the author and pastor Joseph S.S.

Against the background of falling oil prices, Kehinde argues for the potential for agriculture to change Nigeria’s fortunes, providing income and employment for a fast growing population that, by 2050, is likely to be larger than that of the United States.

At a recent conference for government spokespersons in Abuja, one of the speakers made a point suggesting that infrastructural expenditure has been implemented at a pace disproportionate to investment in intangible resources such as agriculture, education and healthcare.

The ball remains firmly un-played in the court of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of saharareporter.com, as Senate President Bukola Saraki called him out last last week.

Obasanjo’s exploits during the civil war including his take over of the infamous Third Marine Commando from “the Black Scorpion”, Col. Benjamin Adekunle, was a crowning crest in his military service

The governor equally noted that there will be no activities marking the event, in the spirit of the Lenten Season and in view of the prevailing economic challenges in the country

The 2017 edition of International Women’s Day celebrated with aplomb and applause by the Ekiti State government was both a commendation as well as a call to action for women by Governor Ayo Fayose.

Often times than not, society had to bear the harshness and hardness of the result of squaring up a leader in a round hole. Leaving people and institutions to suffer the dire consequences of incompetence has over the years left the Nigerian Tourism industry in dire strait. This is exactly what happens when people erroneously find themselves in a place of authority. For sure, all that belongs to the past now because it is a new dawn! The rising of the sun fades away darkness and despair as tourism is set to witness a giant leap under the brightness of a new leadership in the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), thanks to God through Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Honorable Minister of Information and Culture.

Since last September when Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki announced that the focus of the upper chamber of the National Assembly will from then be economy, economy and economy, many have been surprised at the various strategies that the Senate has adopted in pursuing the goals. From different legislations aimed at bringing swift recovery to the ailing economy to idea-generating sessions with experts, stakeholders and the general public, the Senate has consistently walk the talk.

Once in a long while, someone who just knew what to do would come upon a society in a predicament, and he would, effortlessly it seems, lead that society in the right direction. Others would marvel at how simple it all seemed to the hero. Or as David Crosby put it in a 1994 song titled the Hero, “And he never wondered what was right or wrong/He just knew, he just knew”.