To say that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and Senator-elect, Prince Buruji Kashamu has been in the eye of the storm is to state the obvious. Against all odds, he contested and won the 28th March National Assembly election. Since then, all hell has been let loose.

THE above quote from the popular Shakespearian play, Macbeth, clearly illustrates the brevity and vanity of life. Indeed, uwa bu paw-paw, oda n’ala, otipia meaning, life is paw-paw, if it falls on the ground, it breaks into pieces. No wonder the Bible says, “Lord, teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Death dealt a cruel blow on the family of Late Gilbert Uzoma Njoku-Elegonye on April 17 when our eldest brother and mentor, Mr. Godfrey Emeka Njoku, without saying a word, bade this world of humans, farewell.

IT makes an interesting reading going through the article written in The Punch Newspaper of Monday May 4, 2015 by Mr. Tolu Ogunlesi and a report credited to former president of Trade Union Congress, TUC, Mr. Peter Esele, urging the incoming President Muhammadu Buhari to reform the NNPC in 100 days “or be sucked in.”

Last week, precisely April 28, 2015, the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, was represented by the Honourable Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, at the launch of IPSAS Accrual Accounting Manual in Nigeria.

HIS name is now as household as the “report of fashion in proud Italy”. He is a leader of leaders; and a true leader at that; because he commands not from the rear, but he braces, with his chest the heat and the chill of all battles. He is the veritable “Knight of the Garter” […]

In the period before South African independence from the Apartheid regime in 1994, the all-white dominated government in that country had instigated black-on-black violence (pitting the Zulus under Chief Buthelezi against other tribes)in order to weaken the liberation efforts of the African National Congress (ANC) led by Nelson Mandela, who was in prison then

One of the most troubling developments resulting from the escalation of violent extremism in the Middle East is the rise in the number of Muslims from the West who are joining the ranks of jihadist groups, notably ISIS. Western governments are struggling to find out what motivates young Muslims to leave their sheltered lives—many are well-to-do and educated—only to join radical organizations that offer an elusive goal and the prospect of violent death.

XENOPHOBIA – the hatred for strangers and foreigners has become the most talked about in recent times. No thanks to news and pictures streaming live from South Africa. One begins to wonder if this is the same Nelson Mandela’s country, a country that owes its present rise in world status to the efforts of foreigners. First, with the whites who came from Europe and all over the world to do business and settle.

VIGILANCE as a virtue or progressive act is applicable in every facet of human involvement. As a progressive tool, its implementation is craved globally. Broadly examined, vigilance embraces practices like carefulness, mental alertness, consciousness to mention but a few. It is in recognition of the effectiveness of this psychological tool that the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, decided to adopt it as a tool to combat counterfeiting and faking of pharmaceuticals.

PRIMARY Mortgage Banks (PMBs) are the temples of mortgage financing and their CEOs the high priests. In nine and half years one such temple called ASO Savings and Loans Plc has these results to show: