Violence begets nothing but violence and peaceful dialogue is the only way to appease a people that have been maligned, cheated and wounded. A word is enough for the wise.

There is no doubt that political developments in the polity have preoccupied the minds of public commentators and pundits. Sensational stories like the 2016 Budget scandal rocking the House of Representatives, unending PDP crisis being fuelled by contradictory rulings of learned Justices of Federal High Courts, the Niger Delta imbroglio and other pressing national issues, have become sources of destraction to the populace.

There is a tenacious debate in feminism and academia about sexual objectification. Sexual objectification is an incredibly touchy and multi-layered issue which has been associated with various societal anomalies and psychological defects in women, including depression, low self-worth, negative self-image, a general sense of hopelessness, etcetera.

The most corrupt people in Nigeria? Men in their 50s – especially the civil servants.

At that age, men have lost their idealism, the stark reality of the Nigerian state stares them right in the face. I had often wondered why, and have always felt embarrassed when, in the past, I passed through Immigration at the Lagos Airport and I’m asked for ‘something’ by the grown men who manned those desks. But now that I get to spend a lot more time in Nigeria, I know why.

FEW personages have so perfectly embodied an educational institution’s corporate spirit and greatness as Rev Father Nicholas Chukwuemeka Tagbo has done for CKC, the famous high school that shaped his life and ours into adulthood. But like all projects human, his most illustrious and eventful career on this planet is done with and over. And here lies our worthy senior and distinguished fellow Old Boy…

One cliché that has lately drawn interest among Nigerian newsmakers and observers is the controversial phenomenon of “Budget Padding.” Given the way Nigerians are wont to glamourise crimes, or take for granted issues thrown at them by the political class, it is not surprising that very few Nigerians have been able to interrogate the phrase to give a definitive meaning to it.

Nigeria’s foremost industrialist, Aliko Dangote was recently quoted as saying that “Nigeria is the best kept secret in the world. Anybody who does not invest in Nigeria only has himself to blame, going forward. I do not really know of any place where you can make as much money as you make in Nigeria.”

I felt so sad, betrayed, and angry with myself as I read comments by the spokesperson of the Senate Unity Forum, Senator Kabiru Marafa, after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday 21st July 2016. They fooled me and us again, I said to myself.

Provision of good security is the primary responsibility of any government in any society. Without it, a state of anarchy will prevail as it happened in the days of the biblical Israel when there was no king and the unthinkable began to happen in the land (Please read Judges 19-21, KJV).

OF course, you are aware of the common phrase: nobody is perfect. Forget about the Pope’s claim of infallibility. It is common sense that nobody is perfect. Criminologists and men of the Intelligence Bureau stand on this premise to theorise that since there is no perfect man, there cannot be a perfect crime.