OUR new understanding of the scope of African involvement in the slave trade is not historical guesswork. Thanks to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, directed by the historian David Eltis of Emory University, we know the ports from which more than 450,000 of our African ancestors were shipped out to what is now the United States (the database has records of 12.5 million people shipped to all parts of the New World from 1514 to 1866). About 16 percent of United States slaves came from Eastern Nigeria, while 24 percent came from the Congo and Angola.

I WATCHED the Northern political summit of Thursday, July 15, 2010 , which took place in Kaduna with keen interest. I was not surprised or disappointed with the outcome, which virtually endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan’s perceived presidential ambition. Northern governors will soon meet to take a stand on the zoning controversy. My prediction is that they will continue to dilly-dally till the “last minute”, and finally, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors will throw their weight behind the President.

“We are tired of the military repetitive tendency to experiment with our economy: Today, they say “no controls”. Tomorrow; they say “full controls”.

Hi Readers! I debated with myself whether to go confront Seb about his deception about his relocating to Accra, or, to just pretend that he’s actually in Ghana.

I hope and pray that by the time the time of this publication, the four journalists abducted by kidnapers would have been released. On Sunday, the Chairma of the Council of Lagos State NUJ, Mr. Wahab Oba and Secretary of Zone D, Adolphus Okonkwo lost their freedom.