Armed robbery is one ugly social vice which is believed to exist in all countries of the world. However, it seems that the menace is rampant in developing and underdeveloped nations of the world.

Nigeria has about 140 million people. The population is made up of a good number of the healthy working population. This working population is mainly young people who are skilled labor, semi-skilled labor, or unskilled labor. Most of these young people leave school without being employed for years.

They are not unemployed because they can't work but simply because there are no job opportunities where they can fit in themselves. Some of them roam the streets in search of menial jobs in order to make both ends meet while the lazy ones or those that felt that the society is not happy with them becomes angry and turn to armed robbery among other social vices too numerous to mention.

The government established the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and charged the men in black with the responsibility of checking armed robbery and other crimes in the society. But it seems the spate of armed robbery in the country is increasing exponentially by the day. Does is it mean that the Police Force are not doing enough?

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The present administration in Nigeria has recorded a few achievements which are really commendable. The government of the day has put in some laudable efforts aimed at alleviating the sufferings and bettering the lots of the citizens of the country often called the giant of Africa.

One of the achievements recorded by the government is in the area of telecommunication. The masses in the country now enjoy mobile telecommunication. There is hardly any Nigerian household that you will not see someone that uses a cell phone. The buying of a cell phone is now similar to the buying of any other essential commodity such as milk, sugar, clothes, and so on.

There are many telecommunication companies in the country which has destroyed the power of monopoly in the telecommunication industry formerly enjoyed by the nation's telecommunication outfit known as Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL). Now, there is maximum competition in the telecommunication industry which has considerably reduced the tariff charged by the telecommunication operators, which is NITEL, before the emergence of other telecommunication giants such as MTN, Globacom, Econet, and so on.

Another laudable achievement is the exportation of cassava to various countries of the world which is bringing in more revenue into the nation's treasury. Nigeria had been depending on crude oil as its sole source of national income. But recently, the government decided to break away from the traditional means of making money.

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Looking back to what life used to be for all of us before the GSM evolution about 6 years ago, it gives one a clear understanding of the positive impact GSM has on Nigerians. The way we used to communicate and do business have changed tremendously, the life of the common people has also been touched in different ways, it cuts across every facet of life, which is why I feel delighted to talk about some of the gains of the industry though it is not yet ?ohuru?.

Some of the blessings of mobile communication in Nigeria has been directly or indirectly on the populace, the cooperate world, business world, and the society at large.

Job creation and employment is one of the good things that GSM brought to us, the sector is the highest sector that has employed both skilled and unskilled manpower in recent times. A great number of people especially the young graduates have been given employment in the GSM companies where they make a living and are useful to their families.

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Fear grips my heart when I see a crowd of people trekking home from a corner of a street. They are all moving towards my direction. I think they look very much like people immigrating into our country. Maybe I should call them refugees. But, were they really what I took them to be? For I know my country is not a place where people would willingly come to reside.

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