BASTARD! That is perhaps the most insulting word you can use for a Nigerian. It is therefore not surprising that retired General Olufemi Olutoye is at war with some of his kinsmen just as former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayoshe is with ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo.

I CANNOT recall when and how I first met Edidem Bassey Ekpo Bassey II. He came across like an elder brother I have always known. Over the last quarter of a century, we met mostly in Lagos where he frequented, and in the last few years, in Abuja where I moved base.

THE Americans are still wondering what hit them. In one of the most devastating blows ever dealt their diplomacy, Wikileaks began this Sunday, offloading some quarter of a million cables between the State Department and 270 American embassies and consulates around the world.

WHEN Rauf Aregbesola the new governor of Osun State decided to contest the 2007 gubernatorial elections, it was like a man embarking on political suicide. The political situation seemed so bleak, and the possibility of him defeating the incumbent, Olagunsoye Oyinlola appeared so remote that some powerful groups in the state were not even ready to hear what he had to say.

NOBOBY in the United States (US) can ask, Sarah who? Sarah Palin of course! With the former sports caster and half term governor of Alaska, the American presidential elections in 2012 promises to be a ball.