Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka could not have been more correct when he referred to Nigeria as being only “a nation space” – an entity yet to be transformed into true nationhood.

GOVERNOR Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole of Edo State has always given the impression that he is an electoral reformer. He pontificates and sermonises about credible elections as if he represents the quintessence of a drum major for such reform. Not long ago, he hosted the first “One-man-One Vote” rally in Benin City, which was, understandably boycotted by his political allies in the Action Congress (AC).

DR. OKWESELIEZE Nwodo, the new Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in an attempt to stymie the raging controversy on zoning, was quoted in almost all the national newspapers of July 8, 2010 as saying: “There is no zoning on the ground now, absolutely, there is no zoning”.

MANY years ago, in one of his albums, the late Reggae exponent, Peter Tosh asked this question: “Everybody is talking about crime, tell me, who are the criminals?” This becomes more relevant in our life as a country today.

MANY years ago, in one of his albums, the late Reggae exponent, Peter Tosh asked this question: “Everybody is talking about crime, tell me, who are the criminals?” This becomes more relevant in our life as a country today.

THE United States of America has the highest crime rate in the world. Its brand name is ‘‘God’s own State or In God We Trust.’’ Ah, US should have branded itself as Home of Crime and Criminality! Yes corruption is one of the obstacles to our development as a nation.

SINCE the Honourable Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili launched the National Re-branding Campaign at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja on February 9, 2009, so much has been written on the image initiative.

THE vacuum created on the right flank of the isle seating majority (PDP) senators by the absence of the quintessential Joy of the Senate, Senator Emodi has continued to be felt in many ways since the upper Chamber returned to work from a deserved two-week rest following the historic amendment of the 1999 Constitution.

Having spent a number of years abroad and like many Nigerians in the Diaspora want to do, I decided it was time to return home and be an employer of labour.

Discussion at the meeting soon turned to the grave insecurity and criminality in Igbo states, especially Abia State. The meeting ended on the consensus that the insecurity in Igbo land marked by incessant kidnapping is a product of the criminalization of governance in the region.