Out of the 46 years of Nigeria’s political independence, northern elites had power on their grab for nearly 38 years; what is boggling the minds of northern talakawas is: what had stopped the elites then in making a true resolute effort in the search for oil in north despite the fact that preliminary geological survey had shown evidence of oil existence?

The memorandum below prepared by Alan Lennox -Boyd,Secretary of state for the colonies (1954-59) on Nigeria’s constitutional conference (1957-58) speaks volumes of the minds of our colonial masters and the imperfect future they designed which still shapes us today:

I was going to call Gen Yakubu Gowon out three weeks ago to say something on the raging debate in the country over the structure of Nigeria.I had written the piece half-way before I archived (no pun intended!) it after an inner voice told me to still hold on. I titled the write-up “Gowon,should we go on this way ?”

It was Frank Rooney who once said: “Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving.” Not enough can be said of the contribution of Col. Adekunle Fajuyi to the greater good of our nation. Few in history ascend to the heroic heights attained by this icon.

The ancient city of Ibadan comes alive on Friday July 29, 2016 as dignitaries from all walks of life converge to remember that gallant,brave and outstanding soldier,Col Adekunle Fajuyi, who was murdered 50 years ago by Northern military officers who massed on the capital of the Western Region to take out then Head of State, Major General Johnson Aguiyi- Ironsi.

Shockwaves reverberated globally last Friday as news came of a coup attempt in Turkey. A good read of that country’s history for 40 years however shows that the putsch was coming about a decade late as the military in Turkey had thrown away a despised government once in 10 years.

WALE Adebanwi, a Professor of African American and African Studies at the University of California-Davis recently stopped by at Jazz Hole on Awolowo Road in Ikoyi,Lagos to read from his latest book: NATION AS GRAND NARRATIVE:The Nigerian Press and the Politics of Meaning, to a select audience of some of the richest minds around town.

FROM May to mid-September 1991, American journalist Brian Hall went on tour of Yugoslavia and caught a glimpse of the country from within, one that goes behind journalistic narration to present the intimate hatreds, prejudices, aspirations, and fears of its citizens. He was traveling through Yugoslavia and the nation was crumbling in his footsteps.

BRITAIN that coupled the “indivisible, indissoluble,indi- this and indi – that Nigeria has just come out of a referendum on whether to stay or exit the European Union(EU) and the outcome has unravelled the most notorious colonial power in global history.

IN the Vanguard Newspaper of Tuesday, June 14, 2016, page 17, a man whose name is more associated with Human Rights Campaigns, than column writing, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, wrote a very interesting piece captioned, “Rochas Okorocha and the Ragged- Trousered Philanthropists”.