JONATHAN will contest in 2015 because he is qualified to contest. Jonathan will win again in 2015 and will rule this country for another term. Therefore what he needs from Nigerians now is cooperation to enable him concentrate in giving Nigeria good governance. And I want to say that no president has ever been deliberately opposed as President Jonathan.

DESPITE the general applause and commendation that has greeted the full takeover of destination inspection by the Nigeria Customs Service, it is amazing that there are pockets of sponsored critics who do not see anything good in the takeover. It is equally amazing that while the maritime industry and even the government is commending Customs for a smooth take off after taking over from destination inspection agents (Service Providers), those uninformed critics and pessimists are seeing confusion and problems where none exists.

TO hate Israel is actually to hate yourself, because it is inviting God to hate you. To hate Israel is to bring darkness into the world. Satan knows it, and he wants darkness here, and he has leaders driving that darkness. Hitler once drove that darkness when he slaughtered six million Jews. Several of the Jews that escaped his madness, became Nobel laureates because they afforded the world light and positive direction.

FINALLY, President Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed the reason for the replacement of Service chiefs which he blamed on the inter-service rivalry. Speaking while commissioning the Air Force Comprehensive School in Yola, Adamawa State, Jonathan urged a synergy among the nation’s security agencies, adding that Nigeria is already exposed to the “cancer” of insurgency.

I AM compelled to caution our politicians.
I have been in politics in this country, from my days in the university in 1960. I have participated in the elections during the NCNC/Action Group period. I have followed the politics of Nigeria from the first election before independence. I have witnessed the tragedy of the Western region. I have witnessed the tragedy of the Civil War. I am old enough to know the events that led to the series of massacres of the Igbos and the Yorubas in the Northern region. I have also witnessed the various coups and counter-coups of the Northern military generals who consolidated power in the Northern oligarchy and misruled this nation for years. I am constrained to caution young and inexperienced politicians that are crossing from one party to the other as if good governance depends on only numerical strength in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. Let us learn from the lessons of history.