In the order of importance, housing comes third after food and air. Most governments in the modern times have been evaluated by their scorecards in these sectors.

Politics is threatening the fragile Nigerian democratic process in a manner that is likely to create unprecedented levels of crises.

Regarding the November 16, 2013 gubernatorial election in Anambra, I am rooting for APGA; and I am rooting for Anambra North to produce the State’s next governor.

I belong to the school of thought that claims thus: “ We all came to religion in our individual ways and we each needed to respect the religious practices of others, seeing as it was up to every human being to find his or her own way to heaven”. This logic can also be extended to our tribal/ethnic origins and geographic locations.

This conspicuous outrage at Goodluck Jonathan’s alleged weakness and or ineffectuality calls to mind Shakespeare’s line “methinks thou dost protest too much”.

The answer the President gave to the very naughty question of the “resurrection” of Alhaji Abubakar Shekau during his recent media chat shall continuously attract different interpretation from diverse groups.

On October 7, 2013, political campaign activities formally started in AnambraState of the South East Nigeria, preparatory to the election next month, for the person who will take over from Governor Peter Obi.

Against all odds, the RiversState government led by Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi, chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, scored another first: offering employment to 13,000 teachers at once! At an envisaged colourful ceremony at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt where the new teachers were to be offered their ‘Letters of Appointment’ on Wednesday, September 25, the police invaded the venue in over 20 Toyota Hilux patrol vans and brutalised the teachers!

The Sheikh Uthman dan Fodio (1754_1817 AD), founder of the Sokoto Caliphate( may God Most High admit him into Paradise), left behind the following instruction:

WE will all go to the polls on November 16 this year to vote another governor, who will take over from the incumbent Governor Peter Obi. This is a decision that will decide our future in the state. So let us think deeply and vote wisely.

Almost every Nigerian feels a sense of loss and grief over the latest plane crash in the country last week, which resulted in the loss of many lives.

Everywhere in Lagos, amidst lack of infrastructural maintenance, posh suburbs are springing up by the day. The real estate market in Nigeria and Lagos in particular, is booming.

Let nobody ever say that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is not a listening leader. Never say that. From the early days when he assumed the presidency to the present, President Jonathan has been the epitome of democracy, feeling the pulse of the people and dancing the waltz to their tempo. He did this when he changed his mind about withdrawing Nigeria from international soccer tournaments after the 2010 fiasco in South Africa after Nigerians besieged his facebook page to plead with him to temper justice with mercy. Again he did this when he acceded to the cries of those most affected by the Boko Haram insurgency when he agreed to consider dialoguing with Boko Haram and set up the Tanimu Turaki led Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Resolution of Security Challenges in the North.

THE London-based independent think tank, Chatham House, has just released a damning report on the thriving oil theft in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.

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.