The Federal Government’s coordinated war against terrorism and other acts of criminality witnessed a
major boost recently with the arrest and detention of a kidnap kingpin, Mr Kelvin Oniarah, who is believed to be the mastermind behind all kidnap cases in the South East and South South regions.

AS the race for the November 16 Anambra governorship election gathers momentum, candidates of political parties and their supporters and sponsors are doing everything possible to buy the conscience of voters by hook or crook.

No matter for how long he will be denied credit by detractors Mr. Peter Obi brought certain kind of panache to governance.

Like a thief in the night, he walked in quietly and caught everybody napping .Such unscheduled visits are usually devoid of sirens.

IN 1947, Ali Jinnah established a sovereign state for Muslims and called it Pakistan. This bold action led to tremendous economic and technological breakthrough for India, as today India produces aircraft and is one of the major exporters of computers as well as a leading nation in the field of Mathematics.

At 53 Nigeria has faced some challenges of nationhood, similar to what other great nations had or have faced. While one is concerned by the recurring disturbing and negative trends that dampen the spirit of writing positively about the country, Nigeria’s greatness is in its abundant human and material resources.

Today, nearly half the world’s population is under the age of 25. These three billion people – the largest-ever generation of young people – are our future and our present.

Recently, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, claimed to know the source of the plane owned by the President of Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor. It is now running into weeks and he is yet to tell how the Pastor got his plane.The annoyed Pastor has threatened to sue.

”Every old person who dies in Africa is like a library destroyed by fire”. An assertion by Ahmadou Hampate Ba that is beginning to make an inroad into our subconscious in the form of a clearer meaning. It was, and has always been a festival of ‘oneness’.

Of the four elected Presidents Nigeria has had till date, none has been impeached.

Whenever we take a cursory look at democracy, we hardly fail to see the visionary import of the philosophy and precept of liberal democracy which makes it tower above other models because of self-evident advantages.

At 53 Nigeria has faced some challenges of nationhood, similar to what other great nations had or have faced. While one is concerned by the recurring disturbing and negative trends that dampen the spirit of writing positively about the country, Nigeria’s greatness is in its abundant human and material resources.

By all accounts, Nigeria’s political history has shown that the struggle for independence and nationhood has not only been tortuous and cumbersome but daunting and tasking

WE need no eschatological clairvoyance to know that political-socio-economic vicissitudinary turgescency are inextricably intertwined with developmental strides in the life and times of any individual, state or nation.

I READ the Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie extensive interview in The Guardian of Sunday, September 22, 2013 in which he spoke on the 2015 presidency and the bid by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to seek re-election for a second term in office.