Imagine It!!!

By Fareed Zakaria The best commencement speech I ever read was by the humorist Art Buchwald. He was brief, saying simply, “Remember, we are leaving you a perfect world. Don’t screw it up.” You are not going to hear that message much these days. Instead, you’re likely to hear that we are living through grim economic times, that the graduates are entering the slowest recovery since the Great Depression. The worries are not just economic. Ever since 9/11, we have lived in an age of terror, and our lives remain altered by the fears of future attacks and a future of new threats and dangers. Then there are larger concerns that you hear about: The Earth is warming; we’re running out of water and other vital resources; we have a billion people on the globe trapped in terrible poverty. So, I want to sketch out for you, perhaps with a little bit of historical context, the world as I see it. The world we live in is, first of all, at peace — profoundly at peace. The richest countries of the wo...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC, on Thursday arraigned Mr. David Iornem before a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged operation of an illegal university. According to the three count charge, Iornem was accused to have fraudulently collected $17,300 from three different persons to secure admission into the University. Some of those who fell victim to the suspect were the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, Akinkiotu Albert Oluwatoyin and Jamilu Rabiu Sani. He pleaded not guilty to the three counts when they were read to him in the court. Justice A. R Mohammed granted the suspect bail following the submission made by ICPC’s lawyer, who averred that the commission is not in the habit of opposing bail in a matter like that. David Iornem was admitted to bail in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum who must be a civil servant in the employment of the federal govern...

As the controversy generated at Nigeria' upper legislature over the resolution retaining section 29 (4) (b) which assumes any married woman, irrespective of her age, to be "of full age" rages, the Plateau Police Command on Wednesday in Jos, said it had arrested a 17-year-old minor who allegedly killed her husband over his sexual demands. The minor allegedly killed Lawal Bala, 26, in his sleep on their matrimonial bed on July 8. The minor, who spoke from the police custody, told newsmen that Bala was sleeping with her six times in a day. "I kept complaining to him that I could not stand his sexual urge but he refused to listen to my plea; no family member was ready to help me, so I did what I did" She said that she regretted killing him, but that she thought that was the only option left for her to free herself from the pains she was passing through. According to her, I have realized my mistake and have repented of my sin; all I want is for the a...