I listened as over 80 per cent of the respondents argued and vehemently too that Siasia was worth more than N15 million. That if we could give a failure like Lagerback over N30 million a month, Siasia should collect no less.

Hi Readers! I had no clear-cut plan in my mind when I shooed Michel and his wife Lucy off to nanny’s room for the night. It wasn’t with an aim that they would forget their quarrel, kiss and make up in the intimacy of nanny’s room, but still, that wouldn’t have been a bad thing.

When he announced it, his opponents were already waiting, and their counter: they placed a pawn before him to stump or check the move of his knight. I am talking about Ibrahim Babangida, whom Chidi Amuta has hyperbolically celebrated as “Prince of the Niger” – a sort of Machiavellian archetype from Minna.

“Why not “step aside”, to borrow the words of another failure, and let Nigeria march to her destiny? Perhaps, his departure might even help to undo the harm done by a cynical former president”.

Presumably life is a game where we all play for a prize. Not everyone is going to agree and I am not 100% sold on the idea also but it makes sense to compare life to a game we play to win.