PONDER these lyrical lines from one of the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s classical hit songs, “International Thief Thief”: “You be thief, I no be thief; you be robber, I no be robber; you be armed robber, I no be armed robber; argument, argument, argue…” and these will help you to properly appreciate the nuances of the melodrama that is playing out in Edo State over some massive buildings purportedly under construction on the premises of the Iyamho country home of Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

THOSE who know you very well would testify to all that care to hear that you are a good man, perhaps outspoken and a bit rough around the edges but a very good and dependable man.

Two events in the pension sector have dominated the airwaves in recent times, and have the potential to lead to erosion of confidence in the pension system if the issues are not put in proper perspective.

IT is a moment of grief and sadness for the families of public officers caught and arraigned for stealing pensioners’ funds. The media have published their photographs as major culprits in Nigeria’s largest pension scam.

THESE days many people die after “brief illness”. In our part of the country, whoever dies after a protracted illness is seen as having “died a good death” because he gave his children and other relations the opportunity to look after him and say thank you for everything he did for them before departing.