Once to every man [and woman] and nation comes the moment to decide; in the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or the evil side.”—James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891.

The dispute over Jerusalem has lasted several centuries. The violence it has brought about among Jews, Christians and Muslims remains explosive till today

He, who speaks without modesty, will find it difficult to make his words good.” Confucius, 551-479BC, Chinese philosopher.

Buhari’s trusted AGF and NSA knew where the man was and failed to report to the police. Instead, they worked together to return the man to Nigeria and thereafter a series of tragic-comical measures were taken to reinstate the accused and even pay him arrears of salary

Nigeria has seldom been a country blessed with foresightful people. Perhaps, they would never have tried, if our “Founding fathers”, those who fought for our independence – Macaulay, Imoudu, Ahmadu Bello, Awolowo, Azikiwe and Enahoro – had known that we would today be an embarrassment to the black race.  But, alas! Here we are barely able to keep the country from falling apart and now tentatively held together by crude oil revenue – which like most earthly gods is now poised to let us down, unless we can face the truth about the future.

We don’t want to have to wait for another government to learn that Ghost School children have been receiving the food provided with N6 billion in 2016/2017. Without the revelation, the SIP, on our books, remains a scam and not a programme

What we are experiencing now and which will continue well beyond 2018 is a calamity which began more than four years ago and to which very few people paid attention and far fewer understood

Civilian President Buhari, in 2017, the expected dragon-slayer, who developed a reputation as Military Head of State, 1984-85, for fighting corruption to a standstill is now a poor shadow of the young leader. Time and his friends had diminished him.

Governor Fayose’s decision to run for the presidency in 2019 has predictably induced the sort of loud condemnation that should be expected from Nigerians.

“You know, in my very first meeting with President Buhari, he said he would like us to shift our focus to the northern region of Nigeria and we have done that. Now, it has been very difficult. The work there has been very difficult.” Jim Yong Kim, World Bank President.

I know this bravado management style runs contrary to the cleansing operations you engaged me to carry out at the inception of your administration.

Power at the top is white hot. It is not for the timid. Leadership is also not for those contented to follow the crowd – usually of human sheep. With the 2019 elections only seventeen months away and the two major political associations – the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP – in disarray, lacking leadership, Nigeria is in deep trouble.

“The future does not belong to those who are content with today….timid and fearful in the face of new ideas and bold projects.”Late Senator Robert Kennedy, brother of President Kennedy, both killed by gunmen. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOATIONS, VBQ, p 71.

The wretched nurseries of unceasing discord and the miserable objects of universal pity and contempt”. That was the way Alexander Hamilton, 1757-1804, one of the founding fathers of America described nations such as ours which were always hotbeds of political upheavals and conflict.

The report that APC Governors and Ministers favour Buhari for second term only reveals how the black man does not remember recent history. Exactly four years ago, all PDP Governors and Ministers supported Jonathan