THE Elections were not primarily for selection of persons for office in the Colonial Government but for the transfer of ownership of the British Colonial Estate from the British Government to Nigerian Colonial Parties organised to contest the elections.

By Paul Bassey I am not joking. I want to share with my readers today, tips on how to win the World Cup. In doing so, I know that Lars Lagerback is likely to peep and steal some ideas. Well and good.

A DEAR friend, Professor Ogwo E. Ogwo, last week forwarded an interesting article he saw on the pages of The Guardian of London to my mailbox. It was written by Nigerian-born literary legend, Professor Chinua Achebe and entitled: “What Nigeria means to me”. I had not even completed reading it when I decided I was going to write a rejoinder discussing what Nigeria means to me against the general flow of Achebe’s reflections.

The tenacity of the pro Yar’Adua cabal to hold onto Aso Rock through whatever means must be a testimony to the sweetness of power! Under normal circumstances where political and public offices are geared towards the service of the people, there will be little or no personal gain in capturing power or its retention.

Back in 1999, on February 21, 1999, in this column entitled “TO MY BROTHER, DR EKWUEME”. I told the former Vice President, that “the PDP which you call my baby would be snatched from you” as a result of this strategic mistake and lack of political courage.