ANYONE asked the impact of Governor Obiano’s victory in the November 18 gubernatorial ballot in Anambra State could answer with a single word: Crushing. He won in all of the 21 local government areas of the state. His closest rivals came up in dismal second, third and fourth places.

Education may, at last, be receiving some attention in Nigeria. In Kaduna State, Governor El-Rufai is wielding the broom of his ruling All Peoples Congress (APC), against teachers in a controversial proposal to sweep away an estimated 22,000 of them who’re apparently unfit for the vocation. The supply line for competent replacements on this scale is unclear.

Some people have argued that their quarrel with the Heroes Square project is the statue of Jacob Zuma, the South African President that is erected there. The question such critics should answer is, “Is Jacob Zuma a hero?”

The benefit of having these technocrats is that they will so finely finish their duty that their successors will risk a “boo” and “pure water sachets” on their faces if they ever perform less

Is aiding and abetting corruption, or the act of defending a thief falsely that he/she did not steal, against all proven evidences of stealing, not itself an act of corruption?