WHEN we hear some Christians praying that God should make them lenders and not borrowers, we think they are short-changing themselves and restricting their chances to smaller opportunities, for in today’s world, most viable projects are financed on borrowed money.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been actively implementing his “97%/5% formula” since he assumed office. In his recent visit to America, he defined the formula as a “political reality” that must come to play, whereby Nigerians will be rewarded according to the quantum of votes they gave him during the elections. This president had, during his inauguration, pledged to be fair to all Nigerians with his aromatic sound bite: “I belong to everybody. I belong to nobody”.

WHEN Chief Philip Asiodu reflects on the Nigerian condition, we learn very useful lessons. That is why I always read with relish every interview done with that remarkable man. And early this week, VANGUARD newspaper gave us very juicy servings from a venerable Nigerian whose long life at about eighty has allowed him to live through some of the momentous events that defined Nigerian history.

MY unequivocal answer to the question of whether President Muhammadu Buhari should investigate the Goodluck Jonathan administration for corruption is yes. This is not the first time I would be saying this. It won’t be the last time either.

”You’re only as good as the people you surround yourself with”: it’s a popular saying which holds much wisdom when one thinks of the Nigerian situation, as we all eagerly await President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list. So is: ”Be brave enough to let go of those weighing you down”.

THE president, Muhammadu Buhari, pledged to present his cabinet in September, all of four months after his inauguration as president. The president has so far led the nation without an executive council, and with little more than a small presidential staff.

ELDER statesman Dr. Tunji Braithwaite once recalled how his mother just six years into Nigeria’s independence asked poignantly “when will this independence end?”. That was how brutal the old woman could put the simmering signs of failure in such a short period. If you are perceptive enough ,you may not have all the tips on how to seed but you sure must identify the signals of failure.

WHEN Republicans last week held their kitchen-table “debate” for candidates who did not make the top ten in the polls according to Fox News that hosted and televised the event, you would have thought the occasion was specifically designated as a bash-Hillary Clinton affair. Later the same night when the top ten candidates virtually traded insults among themselves, their common theme was how to mount a serious attack at Hillary Clinton’s bid for the US presidency.

WHEN I was Acting General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in 2011, we ordered workers’ strikes following disagreements on the implementation of the new Minimum Wage. Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, Executive Governor of the State of Osun asked me for a discussion in Abuja.

The story went on to state the reason for the take over. According to the report by Everest Amaefule, “Following the declaration of force majeure by Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing Company, the core investor in the Yola Electricity Distribution Company, the Federal Government has taken over the beleaguered power firm.”