THERE are several festivals the Bayelsa State Government can bankroll yearly, as part of an articulated programme to show-case the state’s rich tourism potentials to the world.

THE build-up to the 2010 Ivorian Presidential election was as dramatic as the election itself. The election which produced two presidents, two prime ministers, two governments, two armies and two capitals will go down in Ivorian political history, paradoxically as one of the freest and fairest, ever held in the world’s greatest cocoa producing country.

BARELY two weeks of the launch of Great Ogboru’s campaign for change in Delta State, the message of change has continued to gather momentum in and around the State. The crowd that greeted Great Ogboru, popularly known as the peoples general on arrival at the airport to kick starts his campaign for change at Warri was unprecedented.

AS a stakeholder in Igbo affairs, I was for once proud that the apex Igbo Socio-Cultural Association Ohaneze Ndigbo took a position on the issue of zoning Nigeria’s presidency in 2011. Indeed, the decision must have come from the finest political thinkers of our generation.

SEVERAL recent reports, especially by some prominent foreign consultancy firms, have called attention to the good economic news about Africa. In particular, those reports underline that the region has significant business opportunities.

THE sparks are still flying on the controversial strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities in state universities of the South-East since July 2010. For obvious reasons, the situation should not be allowed to linger.

THE Senate’s rejection of a clause in the amended Electoral Act 2010, which sought to make the federal lawmakers automatic members of the National Executive Committees (NEC) of their political parties, doesn’t seem to impress many discerning democratically-minded Nigerians.

DESPITE the widespread rejection of the attempt to amend the Electoral Act 2010 by the National Assembly, the federal lawmakers seem pig-headed in their determination to pooh-pooh public opinion, which was stoutly expressed during the public hearing on the issue.

AS the 2011 elections draw near, one man I don’t envy is Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

THERE is no doubt that the new found love between the Presidency and the National Assembly regarding the consistent efforts to amend the 2010 Electoral Act is geared towards rigging the 2011 presidential primaries in January.