Flooding is a global phenomenon that has continued to constitute a major threat to cities and indeed nations across the world. At present, over 7500 people have been displaced by flooding in China while cities such as California, Mississippi, Sydney, Ibadan, to mention just a few, have at different times, faced the menace of flooding .

TECHNICAL education holds the key to national development. Despite its contributions, the leaders of Nigeria have not given this aspect of education the attention it deserves. This is one of the reasons for this nation’s underdevelopment.

NATIONAL Judicial Council, NJC,is a legal institution saddled with great constitutional responsibilities in the country’s democratic setting for the preservation and dispensation of justice. It has discharged its responsibilities with great caution and impartiality since the return of democracy in 1999 and been commended greatly for doing so.

IT is instructive, for instance, that even in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist tragedy at New York’s World Trade Centre towers in which almost 3,000 people were killed, the US government did not ask Americans to avoid high-rise buildings or stay indoors at night.

ANY mention of Nigeria’s capital Abuja in other parts of the world usually evokes an instant feeling of nostalgia to the Nigerian, especially once the foreigner asks you about the famous Ladi Kwali – a woman of talent who brought the world’s attention to pottery -making.