THE Arab world is enmeshed in crises of identity and direction. First it was the Tunisians who gave Ben Ali one of the oldest dictators this side of the Atlantic, the marching order.

TODAY, Mr. Peter Obi of Anambra State would have spent the first one year in his second term in office. And to properly assess the progress of his administration or lack of it, we will occasionally revert to his first four years in office, since development is a veritable continuum; where an aspect complements the whole..

MY heart as a Christian goes to our Lord Jesus Christ’s parable of the Prodigal Son as recorded in the gospel according to Luke 5:11-32.

BODE George finished his prison sentence on Saturday February 26, 2011 and moved straight from Kirikiri prison to Cathedral Church of Christ for a thanksgiving service to God Almighty who preserved him while he served the punishment meted out to him by the State for his infraction against the laws of the land.

ALHAJI Bola Ahmed Tinubu has, in the past 12 months or so, been playing poseur. He has been carrying on like some messiah, a man imbued with the definitive political alternative for a better Nigeria. His fortunes rose in the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), following Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s counter defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

FOR some obvious reasons, I decided not to write for sometime now. The main reason is the fact that there have been no positive changes in the country. In one of my previous write-ups, I wondered why Nigeria , regarded as the sixth largest oil producing country in the world, cannot make kerosene available to its citizens, especially the common man.

Indications that former Governor Oserhiemen Osunbor is favoured for the gubernatorial ticket in 2011, emerged during the week, when the PDP in Edo State hosted the Presidential Campaign rally.

AS the April 2011 elections draw near, it is apt and expedient for Nigerians to examine the various persons who are seeking to get our mandate for the next four years as President of the Federal Republic.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign tour of the South-South zone no doubt provided food for thought for Nigerians who might not have come from that geopolitical zone of the country. Apart from the flavour of celestial ordinance around Goodluck Jonathan’s ascension to his present position, the claim of the minorities of the South to the leadership position in Nigeria has incontrovertible justification on the platform of morality

THE relationship between Mr. Sunny Igboanugo and Anambra State and, especially Governor Peter Obi, has become an obsession with Rufus about Naivia. Rufus slept, ate and dreamt about Naivia that if Naivia was not alive, Rufus would be dumb.