WE are a troubled people. Except for Boko Haram, Nigeria is not at war. But in another sense, we are; we are like a man fighting himself and wondering why peace continues to prevail. From various parts of the country, different groups are making calls and declaring their intention to create their own ‘republic’. In the last few months, I have been decreed, without consultation or my consent, into at least four of these imaginary countries. One group tells me I will be a citizen of a futuristic “Biafra Republic”; another says I am zoned into the “Ijaw Republic”; yet another has me in the “Republic of Niger Delta”; while a fourth says I will belong to “Bendel Republic”.

SKILLFUL traditional dancer, Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, narrowly danced  out of impeachment  three days ago. His nimble political feet enabled him by a slim 21-vote difference to continue his performance in office.  He has been in office since 2009 and has two years left, but the unrelenting opposition went for an eighth attempt to remove him.

THERE is a deadly struggle in Venezuela. The government of Nicolas Maduro and the opposition have removed the gloves of democracy and are exchanging the bare knuckles of anarchism. Matters got to a head when this week, July 30, over eight million voters or 41.5 percent of registered voters elected a Constituent Assembly that can amend the constitution.

Dr Olu Onagoruwa, armed with a PhD in Law, a glorious practice in journalism, solid experience in the classroom, rich political activism, a sword and shield of righteousness and a burning sense of patriotism, went into the den of military dictatorship.

IN one swing, South African President Jacob Zuma swept the governments of his country since independence in 1994, into the dust bin of history. Describing the past two decades as those of waste, Zuma condemned the administrations of the legendary Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlante and his own.