Naijawire (Washington) - President Musa Yar’Adua currently on his first presidential visit to the USA, said he will cherish and never forget ever meeting US President, George W. Bush, in his life.

President Yar’Adua made the comment during a joint Press conference he and President Bush had with the members of the Press, yesterday at the White House.

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Tribune - Wonders they say, shall never end in Nigeria! Traitor and former running mate to acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1999 presidential elections in Nigeria, Late Chief M.K.O. Abiola, and current Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF), Alhaji Babagana Kingibe, is said to be nursing presidential ambition to succeed, current president, Musa Yar’adua, should the latter be deposed at the election tribunal.

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Naijawire - The IRIN online news recently posted an article about driving in Nigeria, insinuating that “one of the most dangerous things anyone can do in Nigeria is to get into a car”. Bad publicity as most of us may see this, there are several elements of truths in the article.

I recollect while still living in Nigeria, Ibadan to be specific, that most of the roads are terrible and hardly maintained. No one seems to care about road maintainance, and when the people in authority needs to grab some money into their pockets, multi-million naira bogus contracts are awarded but never executed.

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Abuja - One does not need to be a soothsayer or a prophet to know that it is only a matter of time before current President Musa Yar’Adua and immediate past Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, will end up having a “family meeting” to end the dispute currently in front of the federal election tribunal.

As if the timing could have been better, the Punch Newspaper reported that the two players in the April 2007 presidential election, met behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja last week. The two found it suitable to meet at a time when the Wilbros bribery scandal information involving the former Vice President was leaked to the public.

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The Nigerian Police Force no doubt is one of the most corrupt police institution in the world… and there seems to be a justification for this - they also have one of the lowest wage structure.

A typical Police Constable currently earns a meagre N10,000 (less than $85USD) a month (compared to their counterparts in the British Metropolitan Police, whose basic salary ranges from £18,873 to £21,693 (see http://www.metpolicecareers.co.uk/default.asp?action=article&ID=38) while a Police Superintendent earns about N40,000 (less than $337USD) a month, excluding accommodation allowance! This is not only unacceptable but a shame on our leadership. The FG spends millions of Naira every day on entertainment (see http://www.naijawire.com/2007/11/19/fg-budgets-n2.3million-daily-for-refreshment/) while legislators renovate single houses for N628 million and N500 million on broadcast contract (See http://www.tribune.com.ng/28112007/edit.html).

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