AT the close of the titanic event on Monday January 23, 2012, following the outcome of the governorship primaries of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State commonly referred to as The People’s Paradise, the ambition of Ambassador Soni Abang to dislodge Senator Liyel Imoke from the Diamond Hill Government House, Calabar turned into a nightmare.

A MERE glance at the draft ICT policy recently published by the Ministry of Communications Technology would reveal several gaps and inconsistencies. These flaws cast serious doubts about its potency and efficacy to sustain the gains already recorded in the sector, let alone providing the launch pad for the future progress of the industry.

THIS quote is very apt and best described the Honourable Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Ngozicheneke Wogu, CON who has distinguished himself as a member of the Federal Executive Council of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for two consecutive terms.

THERE is no doubt that Nigeria is in the grip of its worst crisis ever. That is after the pogrom of the Nigerian civil war. What happened in Kano on Friday, January 20, 2012 when nearly 200 Nigerians were murdered in a spate of suicide bombings targeted against offices of security agencies is clearly unacceptable and fully underscored the worsening security situation in the country.

IT is generally acknowledged in Nigeria and indeed everywhere that the law court is the last hope of the common man. After a serious analysis of who this common man is, one comes to the conclusion that he is the highly and lowly placed in the society who comes to the temple of justice to seek redress.