Prof. Omo Omoruyi, former Director General of the defunct Center for Democratic Studies (CDS), celebrated his 73 birthday, last weekend, in Benin City. The occasion turned emotional when he told the story of his battle with cancer in the past four years. In this interview,, the prof. of political science discloses how he would want to be buried.

Every midyear this ghost walks our land, silent but pregnant with potential speeches, hopeless-seeming yet imbued with hopeful expectations. Attired in white, he derides our dark-clad clime, darkened and bloodied by blood and graft, shaking his head once in a while, obviously pondering on what might have been had situations been different.

The cashless policy which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says begins in June 2012 but has now been brought forward to start in Lagos in December 2011 has been endorsed by the World Bank But while some financial experts insist that the new policy limiting withdrawals by individuals to N150,000 and corporate organisations to N1million per day

If your gen-set is off, it must have been turned off on account of overwork or because you can no longer afford the N170+ price of diesel – when you can find it. And if your wife is missing, have no fear. She has not abandoned the home. She is probably out there in search of elusive kerosene. Welcome to fresh air. We asked for it –including the NLC.

So far, so good. We’re saying the right things. From the highest in the land to the lowest, and with one voice, we’re all clamouring for a change in all areas of governance, and thus, in our lives.

The 1999 Constitution, on page 15, contains the blatant falsehood that “we, the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…do hereby make and give ourselves the following constitution.” It has many provisions that make Nigeria a distorted federation. For instance, it gives too much executive and legislative power and financial resources to the Federal Government. Again, the Presidential system it stipulates is very expensive to operate.

By the last count, Mr. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal had garnered more than enough votes to emerge the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Tambuwal had polled 252 of the 360 votes to beat the party’s favourite, Mulikat Akande-Adeola. Ms. Akande-Adeola had gone into the chambers of the House that morning with the firm backing of the PDP leadership which had zoned the Speaker’s job to the South-West in line with the party’s zoning policy.

Most men think they’re great in bed”, observed Jane, a marriage counsellor.

“But much as we love our men, a five minute quickie before lights out really doesn’t get the earth moving! It’s not that they lack enthusiasm. They’re just being typical male – always ready for action. The problem is their technique – most of them don’t have any. Foreplay is clumsy and hurried, and as for the sex, it’s always wham, barn, was that it?!

The 80’s and 90’s in Nigeria belonged to actors and actresses who lit up our television screens with superb performances in soaps, TV dramas and shows such as Inside Out, Mirror in the Sun, Supple Blues, Behind the Clouds

When I first heard the news of the arrest of Dimeji Bankole, immediate past speaker of the House of Representatives, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), I had the feeling that it was only for a chat that would last some minutes. My mind went back to 1993 when as Director of Public Affairs at the defunct National Electoral Commission; I was invited for a chat by the State Security Service (SSS) in the heat of the controversial June 12 Presidential election.