WHEN people that know say ” poverty is a choice”, the uninformed will be criticising them. Ignorance is indeed a disease.

A NEW word is eager to come into existence and enrich our political lexicon. The word is “jonamisogyny”. It is coined from Jona (often used in social media as a diminutive for Jonathan, the surname of our President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan), and the English word “misogyny”, defined by my Wordweb dictionary as “hatred for women”.

THE 21st century is a period of the novel and unexpected. It is also a period of new risks delivered with new means and potentially more devastating consequences.

WHEN the G8 leaders met in Northern Ireland on 17 – 18 June 2013 to discuss tax, trade and transparency, we believed it necessary for them to consider how these issues can serve as the platforms to address the problem of oil theft in the Niger Delta, which in 2008 the G8 leaders meeting in Japan had promised to help President Shehu Yar’adua. Only a global partnership between the International community, the Nigerian Government and Local communities can end oil theft.

I COULDN’T contain my laughter as I watched an interview session on a local television station in Benin City, where a man said he was promised the ticket to become the next governor of Edo State.