IT was Professor Wole Soyinka who once suggested that Nigerian politicians seeking elective or appointive positions should first be subjected to psychiatric examination.

THE recent re-appointment of Mr Patrick Ugbe as Commissioner and his deployment to Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has further confirmed the sincerity of the administration of Senator Liyel Imoke, Governor of Cross River State in building up reforms in the sector.

How time flies. On May 25, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson will be 100 days old at the Creek Haven as governor of Bayelsa State. Since the former police officer and lawmaker representing Sagbama/ Ekeremor Federal Constituency at the National Assembly has achieved so much within this short period, the expectation of many analysts is that he should celebrate it with pomp and pageantry.

IN the runner-up to Nigeria’s government announcement of the controversial removal of subsidy on petroleum products on the New Year day, the former French finance minister and head of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Mrs Christine Largarde flew into Abuja.

IN African folklore, countless myths are surely evoked at the mention of an old witch. The wailing of this dark creature is, for instance, taken as portentous, a signpost to evil. So, at its shriek cry in the middle of the night, no true mother waits to be reminded to hold her suckling closer, lest the baby is found dead at dawn.

FREEDOM of expression is essential in every civilised society so long as it does not harm individuals’ character or malign institutional reputations through false and misleading information. It is a fact that violation of freedom of expression is violation of the right to freedom of association and assembly.

IT was a case of tears, sorrows and blood for the nation as the news filtered in that Christian community members at the Bayero University, Kano became casualty of the attacks by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect.

LAST week’s decision of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to recall the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, has continued to generate mixed reactions.

As the last child in the Fayemi household, my arrival was heralded with song and dance. Although my birth elicited genuine excitement on the part of my siblings, it was for my mother a cautious welcome. My mother’s caution was understandable having lost a boy and two girls in quick succession before my arrival.

IF President Goodluck Jonathan obeyed Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs, he would do more to ensure that Nigerians have a sense of safety. The Hierarchy of Needs is a theory in psychology developed by Abraham Maslow in 1943. It is a theory of human developmental psychology focused on describing the stages of growth in people.