I HAVE never for one moment believed that Nigerians have short memories. When they appear to be so, it is only by choice in order to suit their whims, and this means they know what they are doing.

It has been said that no nation can develop beyond the level of its education. In other words, education is the live-wire of any serious nation which aspires to attain the highest level of development.

Rather than hide his face behind a rock for lying under oath and committing forgery – two criminal felonies punishable by prison terms and made worse if the person involved is an officer of the court and federal law maker because both crimes undermines the very foundation of our justice system, Igbeke still speaks to the press from the underground through paid writers.

BRITISH politician, John Bright, now late, once wrote of Abraham Lincoln in the Cincinnati Gazette: “He was like a waiter in a large eating house where all the bells are ringing at once; he cannot serve them all at once and so some grumblers are to be expected”.

ERSTWHILE Director – General of NYSC, Brig. Gen. MI Tsiga, rtd, along with other prominent Nigerians, was honoured with the highest membership status by the Nigeria Institute of Management, NIM, on Monday, September 26, 2011. He was awarded the Fellow of the institute, the first NYSC DG to be so awarded.

“What is good coming to Edo State is that every time we come, something new is happening, there is progress not in terms of report but in terms of development” –Onno Ruhl, Country Director, World Bank.

MY father once sent me on an errand to a professor’s office. That day, I was in an exceptionally good mood because I was with a friend who had managed to get the car keys from his father. With a car at our disposal, we were to cruise around town, visiting friends and checking out girls.

Over the years, one of the disturbing concerns of the 21st century especially in Nigeria is finding and nurturing purposeful leaders for socio-political and economic advancement.

The editorial comment of a national newspaper of Sunday, September 25, titled, “The Abuse of Honorary Degrees,” has left many admirers of the newspaper wondering what their motive is in such sanctimonious editorializing that clearly targeted some Nigerians for attacks based on spurious premises. Bereft of logic and sound reasoning, the editorial comment, which should be the newspaper’s official position on issues, presents a good case study in self-negation, contradiction and double-speak.

IN 1976, as cadets, we were just allowedto see the Flag Ship NNS Nigeria (Obuma) from our Cadet Training Ship or from the jetty where she was berthed.