Our President has now officially declared his intention to run for a second term. I don’t think it was a decision that took anybody by surprise except perhaps those who tried to hold a politician to his elusive words, or those who deluded themselves in wishing for the Mandela option. Mandela is, well, Mandela; a unique human being in many ways.

Sometime ago, in company of my wife, I visited a family. I met a very beautiful lady in her mid 30s, a relative of the madam of the house. Out of curiosity I asked my friend when he was escorting me to my vehicle about her marital status because I did not see a wedding ring.

Dead men do not see, that explains why Alhaji Umaru Abdurrahman Dikko is apparently unaware of happenings in the country today especially one big inexplicable mind game between two men who were fingered in his abduction 34 years ago.

When Bill Gates some weeks back, told Nigerian political elites that the country is one of the most dangerous places on earth to give birth, not many would have thought of the drama that played out in Akure, the Ondo State capital, the other week.

There are no concerted efforts to end the bloody Syrian Civil War because the West knows that it will be a victory for the Syrian government; so, international power brokers concentrate on negotiating territories, ‘humanitarian corridor’ ‘safe passage’ for rebels and their families and ceasefire to allow evacuation of besieged cities