VERY soon, the rains will start pouring down. In Lagos, the rainy season is dreaded. Being an island surrounded by various bodies of water from the Lagos lagoon to different beaches scattered around the state, Lagos’ peculiar geographical status has far reaching flooding implications on the metropolis. Its topography which makes it essentially a low lying terrain up to 0.4 percent below the sea level is another critical issue. Naturally, this brings about a huge flooding challenge.

IT felt like a dream for many of the winners who were in the expansive hall of the premium Chinese restaurant in Ikeja, Lagos, that Friday morning. Every winner was with, at least, three loved ones – family and friends – eagerly awaiting their grand prizes, all-expense paid trip to Dubai, commercial capital of the United Arab Emirate (UAE), in line with the reward for winners in the just concluded season 3 of the Airtel Redhot Promo.

I’ve taken my time to listen to all sides of the discourse currently raging all over our nation bothering on the high cost of foreign exchange and the impact of the falling oil prices especially their effects on businesses. In the end, I can’t help but marvel at the depth of the human mind. The mind can come up with deep persuasive arguments for or against any thing depending on what side it wants to perch on. Small wonder politicians and lawyers make a lot of money but I digress.

One can never forget the second bombing incident in Nigeria when a terrorist attempted to bring down the Louis Edet building, the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in the nation’s capital city, Abuja.

SINCE January 31, 2016, the atmosphere of several communities of Ndokwa East, Delta State located in the West Bank of River Niger, has been distinctly uncomfortable. This was the day Fulani herdsmen, fully armed with their AK 47 riffles moved in swiftly with their cattle into the farm lands of Abala and Utchi communities including their satellite communities that are in the thick rain forest.

WHEN Robert Kaplan penned the highly popularised article in 1994, “The coming anarchy”, his gift of clairvoyance was vehemently criticised by various African scholars and politicians who believed strongly in the spirit of Africanism.

THE first time Wole Soyinka misdirected himself, it had to do with his “cautious endorsement” of Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential candidacy. He offered a platter of reasons for the stunning faux pas, of course. But, post-election, his out of sync reading of Nigerian politics has been patently exposed.

THE news was first received with disbelief; “Grazing Reserve: FG imports grass from Brazil- Ogbeh”, Nigerian Times March 3, 2016. Even my big brother Franklin Okotie – Vanguard Asaba- commented on my facebook page that we should stop the joke. But, reading through the body of the story, it was sure real.

The choice of Chief Audu innocent Ogbeh as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to many Nigerians was astep in the right direction.

BY 2019 PDP would have governed Delta state for 20 unbroken years! This is a long time in power by a political party. Delta state is not the only state in this category. Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa state, Ebonyi, and Cross River states have this special record. By this token Delta state PDP with its long rule furnished all the governors, majority of the legislators, both federal and state and it has controlled majority of the local government councils.