OBASANJO Bombs Jonathan” was the run-away caption in most of the national dailies on Thursday December 12, 2013. It was all about the 18-page December 2 letter written by the former president, General Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan. In the letter, Obasanjo made several allegations against President Jonathan verging on misrule and other moral questions.

IT is common, passing through some of the nation’s State capitals, especially those governed by opposition political parties such as the All Progressives Congress (APC), to see sign-boards with the inscription: “This road belongs to the Federal Government, please, accept our apologies.”

LEADERSHIP entails many things. Surely, one of the important attributes of a good leader is the ability to make use of language in directing his/her subjects towards a particular direction in achieving a desired cause of action. Therefore, it becomes a terrible thing when someone in leadership position misuses words in an uncouth manner.

LAST month, the Minister of Works, Arc. Mike Onolememen, appeared before the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) to shed light on the revision of the contract for the Abuja-Abaji–Lokoja highway, from the initial N42 billion in 2006 to N116 billion in 2011.

IT is not surprising that health professionals in the country are still howling over the 2009 appointment of Dr. Paul Botwev Orhii as Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

THE media, especially newspapers, online and social media are feasting on what is now referred to as famous letter sent to President Goodluck Jonathan by erstwhile former president now elder statesman, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The ex-president wrote an 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan accusing him of failing Nigerians in his position as the President of the country.

I READ with much pain in my bones, heartache and running stomach the interview granted by a second Republic member of House of Representatives and a Russian trained medical doctor Junaid Mohammed, captioned 2015: there’ll be bloodshed, if Jonathan runs, warns Junaid Mohammed.

FIVE days in the life of mortals is a very trivial amount of time but so much could happen within that seemingly miniscule speck of time to change the direction of our lives for good. Coming up against her state governor, Mrs Ifijeh’s world had considerably buckled on November 28 but by the end of that day, it must have been clear to her that she was not alone.

WATCHING the reports and tributes pouring out from CNN and other global media, I was overwhelmed by the huge impact, a simple philosophy of ‘ humility and forgiveness’ can have on the human race. It was so touching, to capture the noble traits of a man, who did not allow the circumstances of his birth and background, diminish his greatness.

Aristotle,the legendary Greek philosopher, committed a school boy error, a mistake you do not expect from a renown intellectual.