A MAJOR problem of Nigeria is the oil money. Oil money is extraordinary in that it does not come from any national effort, toil or sweat.

THERE is no free lunch anywhere,” my friend said to me. “Not even in Freetown,” he added. It was a joke but contained enormous wisdom. In our elementary economics which another respected friend of mine often derisively refers to as O.A. Lawal economics, we learnt the concept of cost as the opportunity given up.

I had, in a number of published articles in recent times, raised salient issues covering various aspects of Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s approach to governance in Edo State. The Governor has failed to provide answers to the critical questions raised.

BECKONED to Serve’ is the autobiography of AlhajiShehuUsman Aliyu Shagari, the first President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the American-style presidential system of government.

THE first principle of unalienable rights recognises that everyone is naturally endowed by their Creator with certain rights that cannot be infringed or given away. Amongst these rights are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.