I confess: the title of my essay today is not original. It was first penned by the now late Agwu Okpanku, Classicist and journalist trained at Ibadan and Cambridge, in his column, “The Third Eye,” published in the now defunct, Enugu-based newspaper of the 1970s, Renaissance. Agwu Okpanku was a fierce critic of the post war attempts by the Federal Military Government of Nigeria, under the leadership of Yakubu Gowon, to erase all evidence of Biafra from national memory.

As I was saying last week, given the large amount of money set aside in the budget for the comfort of President Buhari, his family members and the top echelons of the presidency, he is not on a moral high ground to put pressure on members of the National Assembly to drop their silly plan. Hence, another headache for Buhari is his gradual but steady loss of the much-needed moral authority that can compel positive attitudinal change among high-ranking public officials, including legislators.

The economy was plunged deeper into crisis last week due to a strike action embarked upon by workers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, over the planned restructuring of the NNPC.

Apparently believing that he had heard and seen the worst of how corrupt practices have brought Nigeria to her knees, President Muhammadu Buhari, last week, almost lost his cool when it was brought to his attention that a whopping $16 billion – at the official exchange rate of N196, this comes to N3.136 trillion; while, with the parallel market rate of N315, it comes to a whopping N5.04trillion) of the nation’s crude oil revenue loss could be traced to some sharp practices by some individuals in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.

It is one of the axioms of management carved on stone by the management guru Peter Drucker, that nothing is more wasteful than doing diligently what should not be done at all – especially when the step to be taken is based on anger – which might not even be justified. Reading that statement credited to Buhari again, one is immediately struck with the irony involved in the historical precedents the President cited. Budgets by military governments at Federal and State levels were never debated nor were they passed to another body to approve. So, if there was padding, nobody would ever know.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the 19 Northern States, yesterday, frowned at cases of Christian minors in the North, forced into marriages to adult Muslims with the knowledge of Emirs.

The abduction of Ese Oruru from Bayelsa to Kano State and three Lagos schoolgirls from their hostels generated so much heat in the polity. Meanwhile, Nigerians can heave a sigh of relief that the children are back home. The two cases, which demonstrate the abuse of the rights of children are minute, considering what Nigerian children go through daily in the hands of abductors, molesters, evil men and sometimes in the hands of parents and relations.

KADUNA State governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, who, in January 2013, allegedly insulted Christianity in a tweet and received bashing from adherents has, again, stirred the hornet’s nest as Christians, across the state, are voicing their opposition to an executive bill before the state House of Assembly, allegedly designed to restrict all forms of religious preaching in the state.

Adjei Sowah, the Ghanaian opponent of Abolaji “Afonja Warrior” Rasheed in the forthcoming West African middleweight boxing title duel, has vowed to punch the Nigerian until he starts seeing double in the ring. The encounter, which headlines the sixth edition of GOtv Boxing Night holding on 25 March at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos, is viewed by Sowah as an opportunity to avenge the loss of compatriot Alfred “Ahwor” Quaye to Nigeria’s Waidi “Skoro” Usman at the third edition of the GOtv Boxing Night.

The first civilian governor of Delta State, Olorogun Felix Ovuodoroye Ibru, is dead. He died in Lagos, yesterday, at the age of 80.

E-commerce appears the way to go, particularly with the younger generation seeming eager to embrace new ways, but issues of trust and safety threaten growth. At the just concluded, Nigeria Summit in Lagos, the Ag Chief Executive Officer of Konga.com , Shola Adekoya Konga.com revealed how his company is using an innovation, KongaPay to tackle these issues.

The minister of solid minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has called on women to take position in the public space as a step towards resolving the crisis of values in the country.

Following successful launches across different cities in Nigeria, the iconic beer brand, Guinness, introduced their latest innovation, Guinness Africa Special to the people of Lagos.

After some nudges from well-meaning friends, I finally activated the WhatsApp site about two years ago and instantly declared it a brilliant find. It was exciting, new and loads of fun as more and more friends joined, sharing jokes an photos of very interesting nights out and other social events.

Chocolate City act, Jesse Jagz is a top rate Nigerian rapper who has been able to carve a niche for himself, not only as a versatile rapper, but also as one to watch. The rapper who also doubles as a music producer in a chat with Potpourri opens up on why indigenous rappers are more successful