NIGERIA is undergoing change, even when some, who started chanting change, may not believe in the true change, the people have accepted change in all its ramifications, and it will run through Nigeria till we change.

WHEN an accomplished professional returns home from the Diaspora to contribute his quota to the development of his country, it ought to be seen as an act of patriotism and compassion. Against this background, the conference on the role of members of the Diaspora, which took place recently, in Abuja, must be aptly situated as a deft strategic move by government to mainstream the vast human resource outside the shores of this nation hitherto excluded from developmental calculus.

THE editorial in Vanguard Newspaper of Thursday September 17, at page 18, is a belated remark on the latest development of the salary issue in the state of Osun.

I WISH to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari for his choice of the leadership of the NNPC, Dr.Ibe Kachikwu, a gentleman of impeccable pedigree and his crack team of Executive Directors that includes Dr. Maikanti Baru, Group Executive Director, Exploration & Production; Mr. Isiaka Abdulrazaq, Group Executive Director, Finance & Services; Engr. Dennis Nnamdi Ajulu, Group Executive Director, Refining & Technology; and Dr. Babatunde Victor Adeniran, Group Executive Director, Commercial & Investment.

A YOUNG Nigerian from Akwa Ibom State, Ufot Ekong, 24, addressed the last Nigerian Diaspora Day Conference. He was celebrated as the next Philip Emegwali to emerge from Nigeria.

THE unfolding political drama in Rivers State is, no doubt, a worrisome distraction not only to the dramatis personae and their henchmen but also to the entire polity. Its festering dimension as we follow the intrigues and name-calling portrays us as an unserious lot who see politics and political power as avenues to lay claim to some fiendish acclaim. It is depressing as a recurring negative of our democracy and why the political system is fraught with many challenges, yearning for overhauling.

AMERICAN and Western European experts predicted that Nigeria will disintegrate in 2015. With the political desperation and frenzy that marked the political campaigns of the 2015 presidential election, many thought that Nigeria was at the point of the predicted 2015 disintegration. Surprisingly, the election took place without the much anticipated violence.

IT is over five hundred days since the news of the abducted Chibok girls came to the spotlight. To some people then, it was unthinkable, even much so now. Imagine the scenario; over two hundred secondary school students, let us say at most twenty of them per truck, that will be over ten trucks. Then imagine their accommodation and feeding.

THE fact is that the Lagos Traffic Law has been defied since it was enacted. In spite of heavy investment in enforcement which led to the seizure of thousands of motorcycles, the recrudescent return of commercial motorcyclists to restricted routes had become a nightmare that the previous administration battled with minimal results, particularly in semi-urban […]

NOW that the ominous political atmosphere has dispersed, the realities of war and strife gone, because the ruling party of PDP stepped backwards, we now have peace, thanks to God. We must now reassess our political behaviours that send us to the precipice at every election. It is beautiful to live and work in peace. Therefore, I will be looking at the ratio decidendi.