GODSWILL Obot Akpabio, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State is fast becoming a proverbial golden fish that has no hiding place.

IN France, President Nicholas Sarkozy has taken over the leadership of European affairs through the EU. His command performance role in the NATO bombing of Ghaddaffi’s Libya and his offer of assistance to help Nigeria overcome her security challenges over Boko Haram are all seen in Paris as an attempt to shore up his dwindling poll rating for the presidential battle coming up next year.

THE furore over the President’s single tenure has by now subsided and appropriately this is an auspicious opportunity to look at the subject more objectively after the hazy dust has simmered down.

THE occurrences of disasters often result in displacement of persons. Therefore, the global increases in the number and magnitude of disasters have directly led to increasing human displacements.

THE governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, did not just come by the name, Caring Heart. He worked for it. He deservedly earned it. He lives it. He became synonymous with Caring Heart for the simple reason that, for the third year running, his administration has engaged in intervening in the critical sectors of the state to make life worth living for the people.

ONE of the resounding landmark achievements and legacy that would be bequeathed by the present administration of Abia State, under Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji, is the establishment of the Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, ASOPADEC, which has become a stronghold of superstructural development in the state.

JOIN me now as we begin the journey of transforming Nigeria, I will continue to fight for your future because I am one of you; I will continue to fight for improved medical care for all our citizens…”

THE news has it that Saif al-Islam was arrested in Libya without being brutally killed like other members of his family. The media have published gory and offensive images of the killing of his father and former Libyan leader, Muammar Ghaddafi without warning for discretion.

WEEKS have passed since the renewed media skirmishes that pitched my Governor, Mr. Peter Obi and his media managers against some leading columnists who are of Anambra origin. At the centre of it all is what one may refer to as an x-ray or rather, a cultivated media inquest of the leadership of the state.

ONCE again, Chinua Achebe rejected the national honour that was to be conferred on him by the Nigerian government. He had earlier rejected the same award in the year 2004. Then, he did it for a number of reasons, including that: “Nigeria is a country that does not work – schools, universities, roads, hospitals, water, the economy, security, life”.