AS I planned, I drove out of Abuja last Tuesday morning to meet up an appointment in Kaduna that would take me around places of experiments of some successful clustering of herders’ settlements into successful economic entities.

THE June 12 saga can be  likened to those Nollywood melodramas that always come in a convoluted, stretched, unending story lines that wobble into many parts, trying the patience of the audience.

I HAVE always looked forward  to any pronouncement from Professor Itse Sagay with palpitating anticipation, and whenever it came I gulped it with relish. With Sagay there is never beating about the bush. He would not refer to a spade as a tool with a sharp-edged typically rectangular metal blade with a long handle, etc. No. Sagay will call a spade, a spade. Full stop.

TO truly understand the  current imbroglio in Kano and why the political elite there have largely been at loggerheads with the royalty, we must take some steps to some years back.

EVEN though the feud between the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, had simmered for many months, yet when it broke into an open conflict many were taken aback. Of course an assault on the very prominent Kano emirate is bound to raise eyebrows here and there, but, for me, there were really no surprises.

PROBABLY nothing had been so extensively discussed nationwide in the last fortnight than the issue of security, or to be more precise, lack of it. Other momentous issues ranging from the delayed budget to what is trending in the transition matters such as the appointment of new ministers, etc., have all been quietly tucked away in the back-burner. It was no surprise that even when President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country after a ten-day private visit to the United Kingdom his gaze at the airport only fell on the visage of the acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP.

BREXIT –  the acronym for Britain exiting the European Union, EU – has become a long-running saga dominating that Island’s political spectrum and has attracted media attention not only in Europe but the world over. Because of Brexit one prime minister and head of government, David Cameron, lost office in 2016.

MERCIFULLY the elections are over. Phew! Huge sigh of relief. Now we can settle down to the humdrum of our daily lives and let those who have won the elections do the needful by carrying on to fulfil their promises.

AS is customary with this page, we occasionally pause to listen to our readers, and engage with them where possible. The two-part article on the judiciary, March 7 and 14, elicited a number of responses.

AT the heat of the collation of results in the Kano State gubernatorial elections, when tempers were running high, one man stood out as the man of the moment. He was seen running hither and thither, dousing tension and pacifying restive crowds with soothing words. That night when the votes were being tallied it was obvious that the two protagonists in the unfolding saga, the APC and PDP, were running neck to neck and Kano metropolitan was being put in the position of the decider. It was a dicey situation, but seasoned punters would readily have put their last naira on the opposition party to win