You are filled with trepidation as your plane touches ground. The charming air hostess cheerfully welcomes you to Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos. But you don’t feel welcomed, neither do you feel cheered. All you feel is apprehension; and fear.

This means that for history not to repeat itself, the elders must speak out; forcefully if necessary

A cruise ship offers its guests (passengers) two main choices. They can either immerse themselves in the many frenetic activities the ship offers or opt for tranquility and solitude. In my first outing, the younger me opted for the former—shows, exhibitions, fattening cuisine followed by gym, and capped, in the late evenings, by jazz clubbing. Now, an older, more reflective me chooses the latter.

As a parent, I rejoice with the parents of the 82 Chibok girls who were freed recently. As a Nigerian, I commend and applaud the efforts of the Federal Government in securing their freedom. Some negative people who call themselves leaders said the government spent over two million Euros to secure their release and that the amount was too much.

I don’t know if anybody made a physical count, but the reports in the media was that 34 private jets landed in Minna for the wedding of Halima, the daughter of General Ibrahim Babangida. In other words, the figure could have been more or less. But 34 jets for a wedding?