EVERY time we witness death, of the type of my bosom friend, David Akiri, of the Delta State University and his immediate younger brother, Ogaga, we begin to question the reason for our existence. Is life really an exercise in futility or it has meaning? If it is a futile exercise, why do we have to go through the whole mad rush; hustling and bustling to seek vanity? If there is meaning to life, an opinion, to which I subscribe to, how do we handle it?

THROUGHOUT history and throughout the world, some names have become synonymous with wickedness and negativity. Some names are only famous for their notoriety. Joseph Mbu, the current Commissioner of Police in Abuja has managed to haul himself into this league.

ONE of Africa’s great sons, the late Chinua Achebe, writes in his well-known novel, Things Fall Apart, that “when a man says yes his chi says yes also.” This quote is taken from chapter four of the novel where the central character, Okonkwo, dismisses insinuations that luck may have played a role in his life. As far as Okonkwo is concerned, he achieved all his successes in life through his fiery ambition and unbreakable will.

THE appointment of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano last weekend was a fulfillment of the former CBN governor’s long-standing craving for that symbol of traditional power. It is at once a personal victory as well as a sweet ‘revenge’ against the forces that battled and ultimately banished his late grandfather, Alhaji Muahmmadu Sanusi, the Emir of Kano from 1953-1963, into exile in Azare.

THE Imo Charter of Equity, just like similar versions in other states of the country, underlines the need to rotate key political offices among the constituent parts of the State. The whole purpose is to secure equity, justice and fairness which many people acclaim are fundamental to good neighbourliness and sustenance of peace and democracy in the country.

Governance describes the activities that ensure business is done according to established standards and goals. Risk involves strategically creating value and protecting value.

IT was Shakespeare in one of his philosophical treatises who asserted that “ambition is made of sterner stuff”. In this brief quote lies the philosophical underpinning of any aspiration or ambition for power that is worthwhile.

I AM not too sure if the President is conversant with the modus operandi of a “Fifth Columnist” in any organisational structure, mostly in government. Because if he does, he would have been able to detect that a fifth columnist is at work in his government. Recent events are pointer to the full metaphor of this “killer squad” going by that name.

THE spiritual space over Nigeria has become heavily polluted, indeed rather putrid in the recent times. This is with regards to the wanton destruction of lives and property characterising the trend of Boko Haram insurgency in the North of the country and elsewhere.

EXPLOITATION and exploration of solid minerals are governed by The Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act 2007 (“the Act”) which was passed into law on March 16, 2007 to repeal the Minerals and Mining Act, No. 34 of 1999. The Act vests control of all properties and minerals in Nigeria in the states and prohibits unauthorised exploration or exploitation of minerals.