IT is trite to say that the issue of the planned deregulation of the down stream oil sector has generated controversy and even pitched proponents and opponents of the intended policy against each other. And while one appreciates some of the fears of opponents of the policy, one equally discovers that…

FOR some time now, the problem of insecurity which used to be one of the lowest in the hierarchy of social problems facing this country seems to have assumed alarming proportions since the end of the Nigerian civil war which ended in 1970.

THERE is enough evidence to empirically establish that Nigerian football is in disarray. For the first time since 1986, Nigeria has failed to qualify for the African Nations Cup finals.

THE mass killings of Christian faithful on Christmas day of all days when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, the symbol of Christiandom in the name of religious advocacy by the Boko Haram group is not only an action that must be condemned by all peace loving people, who value human life and civilized conduct but constitute a major threat to peaceful co-existence of people of different religious callings in Nigeria.

IT is likely that until about three months ago one had not heard the name Wael Ghonim. Ghonim was Head of the marketing division of Google in the Middle East and North Africa based in Dubai. But it was not as a Google executive that the Egyptian made name for himself and became world-famous.