FOR most Nigerian newspapers reporting the submission of the Lemu Panel’s report on the post-election violence last April, the most important angle in the story was the alleged ‘indictment’ of General Muhammadu Buhari in the report.

LIKE most Nigerian followers of the beautiful game, I was very sad and angry at the way our national team exited from qualification for the 2012 African Cup of Nations.

I THINK one of the most defining images of recent times, was the picture of President Goodluck Jonathan on the internet, in the presence of the American Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, at the recent 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York.

THIS week, an emergency meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council, held in Kaduna. These are not the best of times for all the institutions of leadership in Northern Nigeria. The traditional rulers historically double as religious and community leaders.

In response to a barrage of questions from journalists on the Plateau issues [SIC], Jang angrily said: “Am I God to end Jos crisis…He wondered why people were particular about insecurity in Plateau. ‘Is Plateau the only place that has security problem? Security situation is all over the country, so why are you so particular about Plateau State?”- DAILY TRUST, Wednesday, September 14, 2011.

This week, the first decade of the terrorist attack on the twin towers (those veritable symbols of American economic power and of triumphal capitalism), has been commemorated in the United States, and around the world.

“Ribadu, seeming to be in an environment where he felt comfortable and relaxed (the US Ambassador’s residence!), told the ambassador he wanted to share some more of what is really going on”- WIKILEAKS report

A dangerous dimension has been introduced into commentaries, in the wake of the controversial suspension of Justice Isa Ayo Salami. A coalition of Odua groups last week railed against their faceless but eternal bête noir, the “Hausa-Fulani oligarchy”, as being behind Justice Salami’s travails.

A disclaimer is appropriate at the onset of this piece; I am not the one who said Obasanjo has 49 necks; no! The copyright belongs to Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe.

I ONCE asked General Ibrahim Babangida why he never moved against General Obasanjo, despite the unrelenting criticisms of his regime and person, while he clamped down on other critics of his regime. His answer gave me an insight into the psychology of power in Nigeria, and the subjective, even personal and vain preferences, which determine what otherwise, should be serious matters of national development.