Going by recent development in the polity,there is no doubt that the on- going power play at Aso rock over the plight of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has angered the Northern elite who were convinced of ‘hi_tech conspiracy’ to rig the Hausa/Fulani dominated conservative region out of power through the back door.

After almost three hours of deliberation of its Technical Committee, the Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF), has invited 118 chess players for the first stage of the World Chess Olympiad trials which will come up at the National Stadium, Lagos from 21st-27th of this month.

The National Council of Managing Directors And Licensed Customs Agents of Nigeria (NCMLCA), has mapped out strategies aimed at creating a constant liaison with security agencies in the country with a view to ensuring that the nation’s gateways are tightly closed to arms dealers, drug peddlers and fake drugs smugglers. To this end, the Association has selected a special team saddled with the responsibility of exposing the activities of all those involved in such criminal act in the nation’s border posts.

Lars Lagerback, the Eagles’ new Technical Adviser has been granted the permission to visit his family in Sweden. He is expected back in the country next week.

To say that Nigeria has descended to the abyss of nations referred to as banana republics is a very obvious fact. To also say that Nigeria is threading a path of very dangerous and disintegrative precipice is another obvious fact.