THE ongoing reconciliation exercise of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, came as huge relief to many of us, particularly those of us who believe that just one person has been saddled with governance in our state.

THE drive for a sustainable change and the expected gains recorded at each interval in the education sector in the recent past have remained transient and still mired in turmoil in spite of the good intentions of the previous administrations both for the sustenance and bringing the education sector to an acceptable level in the recent past.

The public slanging match between Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, two Army Generals that, between them, ruled Nigeria for 20 of its 50 years, summarises the heavy burden of curse under which the country continues to groan.

Before the landing of Glo 1 as Globacom’s submarine cable is called, in Lagos, the only undersea broadband infrastructure available was the SAT-3 which was jointly owned by several countries in Africa. Glo therefore single-handedly positioned Nigeria on the world technology platform.

Nothing is permanent in life. Kingdoms rise and fall and so are stars. This assertion paints a true picture of the political fortune of the Kalus’, headed by the former Governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu and his mother, Chief Eunice Uzor Kalu.

It (the 2008 budget) was based on the vision of achieving the Millennium Development Goals by the year 2015 as stipulated by the United Nations during the Millennium Development Summit in 2000.

Even before the last shot would be fired and Gaddafi would be captured alive or dead, imperialists and their lackeys such as the presidency in Nigeria, and follow-follow wey-no-open sense commentators and supposedly revolutionist analysts have begun to grant legitimacy to the counter-revolution Libyan rebels.

Nigeria was at the crossroads when Globacom showed up on the scene two years after GSM operations began. At that time, the telecoms terrain was still rough and rocky for the subscriber and the potential subscriber; tariffs were prohibitive.

AS a forward-looking politician, I appreciate the argument about the separation of church and state. So you’re not likely to see a lot or religious references in this column.

THE suspension of the President of the Court of Appeal, PCA, Justice Isa Ayo Salami on Thursday, August 18, 2011 ,by the National Judicial Council, NJC, should be of grave concern to President Goodluck Jonathan, Nigerian politicians and of course Nigerians in general.

THOUGH it is painful that the Lady of Songs, Christy Essien-Igbokwe, MFR, has gone to sleep forever like every mortal will do, she will forever be remembered for all her positive contributions which are too numerous to be exhausted in a single short write-up like this.

May 29, 2011 was a day many Nigerians looked forward to with a lot of expectations. And for various reasons too, the main reason being the general acceptance of the conduct of the elections that ushered in a new set of leaders across the country.

The report of a joint venture study by the United Nations environmental programme and the Federal Government of Nigeria recently presented to President Goodluck Jonathan has copiously indicted the oil prospecting companies with particular reference to the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC.

THE three weeks I spent in the NYSC Orientation camp in Argungu, Kebbi State in 2002 were some of the best weeks of my life. A Lagos ‘boy’ who schooled in Delta, I used to think that the sun rose and set in the South. So you can understand my surprise at the wonderful things and people I discovered during the NYSC orientation and later as a year-long resident of Birnin Kebbi, the capital of Kebbi.

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State had on August 18, 2008 assured the people of the State that the water programme of his administration would not fail. “Unlike before” were the exact words he used to underline how ‘serious’ the promise was.