I LEFT the shores of Nigeria in 1984 to “God’s own country”, the United States of America, USA, to seek greener pastures and for the actualisation of self esteem, after a few years spell as a journalist with one of the country’s top tabloids, the Punch.

FOR every action, there should be a reaction. For every position held, there should be a day of accounting. It is true that, from the days of the First Republic, an overwhelming percentage of those who held public office invariably walked away without giving an account of their stewardship. That is why society is brimming with past political office holders, civilian and military, reputed to be millionaires and billionaires whose sources of affluence dare not be publicly declared.

WHENEVER a newly appointed public office holder newly sets out by criticising and even underplaying all the efforts of his or her predecessor that is a red flag. This was precisely my earliest concern about the competence of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi years ago when he was named Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan obliged Nigerians with another media chat on Monday, February 23, 2014, to talk more specifically about the Centenary celebration.

OCHEREOME Nnanna’s write-up on Dr. E.K Clark published on page 48 of the Vanguard newspaper of Monday February 17, 2014 seem to fall into the category of the usual puerile, derogatory piece by some critics who delight in castigating the elder stateman for supporting President Goodluck Jonathan.

THE headlines have all been about news of the attack on innocent students of the Federal Government College, Buni-Yadi, in Yobe State by the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents.

THESE were the words of Martin Luther King Jnr in the heat of civil rights struggle in the United States of America, a struggle that led to the New America with a Black man in the White House today, an achievement that appeared impossible years ago.

PABLO PICASSO once said that “everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo’s statement might find expression in men of God who consistently tell their followers to always be students of dream.

THE inability of our leaders past and present to practice the Aristotelian concept of the pursuit of the greatest good for the largest number, altruistic commitment, failure to see the Nation, state and local Government Area as one constituency under their leadership etc has given rise to what sociologist call structural distrust, mistrust and fears.

THE senseless massacre of innocent students at the Federal Government College, Yobe, on monday February 24, 2014, has again brought to fore, the hopelessness of our defense capabilities.