WHEN people engage in the argument about importing petrol and subsidy, I refer them to Biafra where the refineries were producing till the end of the war. Biafra never imported fuel because it was totally blockaded.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, German Embassy in Nigeria and one of the leading non-governmental organization devoted to Environmental advocacy, the International Centre for Energy, Environment & Development (ICEED) kick-started a program in Abuja yesterday which may go a long way in reducing the dangers Nigerians could face as the threats of climate change loom on the country.

THE birth of the man, known much later as Ikemba in Zungeru (present day Niger State) was a remarkable event. Even more remarkable was the arrival of Sir Louis Phillip Odumegwu Ojukwu, the then richest man in Nigeria in his Rolls Royce, to take him away to Lagos.

RECENTLY, a group of people who identified themselves as ex-students union leaders bought spaces in the newspapers to admonish Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, Edo State governor, to take the path of honour.

SINCE the constitution of the Federal Executive Council by President Goodluck Jonathan after his 2011 victory at the general election, many government ministries and agencies have attested to the fact that governance have recorded a great departure from the past.

One should be rightly puzzled that I would venture to write about the country’s satellite program at this time of national crisis with Nigeria having to deal with Boko Haram, infiltration of the administration by fundamentalist groups, unprecedented lack of personal security, untold hardships caused by the abrupt withdrawal of fuel subsidy in the background of endemic corruption and the continuing lack of essential development of the country.

YES and no. For the benefit of those who are not conversant with the infantile indulgence of building sandcastles at seaside picnics or at the village playground, their construction tickles the aesthetic imagination of little kids.

IT is on record today that within the 18 months of his truncated four-year term Osunbor increased salaries twice and salaries were never owed even for one month as the state experienced industrial harmony for the period.

EDO State internal democracy is the new song of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, since Goodluck Ebele Jonathan emerged as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Myriad of reasons have been proffered in support of state police. One reason is the need to reduce crime. It has consistently been argued, that policing is essentially a local service and as most crime is local, we need a local police force. We all know that some crimes are indeed local.