TRANSITIONAL elections are thus only one of several ways of effecting reform of the political order. Separatist movements are another way of achieving the same result. Revolutions are another way of effecting change of political order.

Hi readers! The gals went back to their food while Seb went to meet his dame at the gate. We had hardly settled back into our chairs when he returned, took his place beside Peace and asked me if he could proceed to having the dessert ahead of the rest of us.

WAY back in the middle of March 2010, talk of replacing the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu at the end of his tenure in June this was not one of the hot issues in the news.

Last week, I started with Jos and ended with Warri; this week let me reverse the approach. In the end we are looking at the same impending catastrophe from two different ends of a prism.

Colonel Muamar Ghadaffi, the leader of Libya, is a well-known figure in Africa and the world. He is one of the world’s longest reigning heads of state, having ruled his country for over three decades.