The 2017 edition of International Women’s Day celebrated with aplomb and applause by the Ekiti State government was both a commendation as well as a call to action for women by Governor Ayo Fayose.

Often times than not, society had to bear the harshness and hardness of the result of squaring up a leader in a round hole. Leaving people and institutions to suffer the dire consequences of incompetence has over the years left the Nigerian Tourism industry in dire strait. This is exactly what happens when people erroneously find themselves in a place of authority. For sure, all that belongs to the past now because it is a new dawn! The rising of the sun fades away darkness and despair as tourism is set to witness a giant leap under the brightness of a new leadership in the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), thanks to God through Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Honorable Minister of Information and Culture.

Since last September when Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki announced that the focus of the upper chamber of the National Assembly will from then be economy, economy and economy, many have been surprised at the various strategies that the Senate has adopted in pursuing the goals. From different legislations aimed at bringing swift recovery to the ailing economy to idea-generating sessions with experts, stakeholders and the general public, the Senate has consistently walk the talk.

Once in a long while, someone who just knew what to do would come upon a society in a predicament, and he would, effortlessly it seems, lead that society in the right direction. Others would marvel at how simple it all seemed to the hero. Or as David Crosby put it in a 1994 song titled the Hero, “And he never wondered what was right or wrong/He just knew, he just knew”.

I am sure you have all heard about the accusations against a man of God, Apostle Suleman, by a Canada based stripper who says she feels shortchanged because Pastor Suleman reneged on his promise to marry her.