Our political journey is strewn with thorns and thistles leaving little hope that the vehicle of state would get us to the Promised Land anytime soon, according to Prince of Nigeria, Rev. Chris Okotie, in reaction to the present state of the nation.

They” in this piece refers to all the cynics, the pestle-wielding critics, the unrelenting, self-appointed activists, the idle and idling, twittering, collective children of anger, the distracted crowd of Facebook addicts, the BBM-pinging soap opera gossips of Nigeria, who seem to be in competition among themselves to pull down President Goodluck Jonathan.

For many teenagers, the need to be appreciated tends to increase from the age of 13. That is the average age when puberty begins and the teenager starts showing physical signs of bodily development around his sensuous areas; while the emotional needs of being appreciated by someone outside mummy and daddy subsequently reaches an all-time high by the age 15.

The recent calls by a few people in the northern part of our country for the re-introduction of onshore/offshore oil dichotomy in revenue sharing should be worrisome to most Nigerians.

The Minister for National Planning, Dr Shamsudeen Usman, did not mince words when, after a visit to Ondo State, he adjudged it a pace-setter in community development.