I FIND it difficult coming to terms with the motive of those who delight in faulting the anti-corruption war initiated and vigorously prosecuted by former President Olusegun Obasanjo during his tenure which lasted between 1999 and 2007.

Scarcity of kerosene, cooking gas used mostly by the masses is currently biting harder, the poor groaning while the big businesses in the petroleum industry are making brisk business. Though, kerosene had hardly sold for the N50 the official price, it had skyrocketed in the past weeks. It currently sells for about N80 a liter depending on the state and area. At a period it had even sold for about N300 a litre. This has had a multiplier effect on other household products like food stuff and steadily increased the cost of living.

WHILE leafing through the Daily Independent newspaper of Tuesday, June 14, 2011, I stumbled on a piece entitled, “Between Peter Obi and Ihiala people” written by C. Don Adinuba, a public affairs consultant.

IN 2003, the political terrain in Nigeria marked the end of an era and the beginning of another. I recall the excitement when some “new hands” came on board as helmsmen in various states of the federation, including my dear state.

SCARELY a month after the deadly clash between soldiers and policemen which led to the death of some policemen at 242 Bereko, Badagry, Lagos, another bloody clash between them was recently avoided in Lagos.