On the morning of Saturday the 20th of February, 2016, I was having breakfast at Eko Hotel with a friend of mine, Reno Omokri and one of the top Democratic Party strategists in the US and an argument ensued.

A member, Board of Trustees of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Elder Peter Agbonkonkon – Ogbeide has stated that the emergence of a new a King in Benin Kingdom as well as the election of a new governor in the state was a divine intervention that would usher peace and prosperity to Edo people.

BENIN CITY the capital of Edo state is agog ahead today’s inauguration ceremony of Mr Godwin Obaseki as governor of Edo state and his Deputy, Philip Shaibu, with the arrival of All Progressives Congress (APC) governors yesterday.

It could be considered the acme of arrogance to attempt a comparison between Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s tenure in Edo State 2008 -2016 and ancient Rome in the era of Caesar Augustus 27Bc – 14AD and consequent development by the Romans; those who are seduced by the Eurocentric celebrations will disagree with such comparison, they will declare that 2016 Oshiomhole Edo cannot be conceptualized on the metric of epochal Rome.

WHAT many expected in the Niger Delta region after the November 1 meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, at Abuja are constructive appreciation of the issues and understanding by both sides, including the security agencies and militants.