The EFCC in an incriminating report sent to the President alleges that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and some of his aides and associates, of which his Deputy Chief of Staff, Gbenga Makanjuola, ex-Managing Director of Heritage Bank, Robert Mbonu and other companies, allegedly assisted the Senate President, already on trial for alleged false declaration of assets, in laundering or embezzling as much as N19 billion in refunds from the Paris club loans which should have gone to state governments that made excess payments.

One of the few states in Nigeria where things work has always been a victim of the short-sightedness of politicians in Abuja who fear an independent Lagos. They would rather it remained a big fish in a small pond than become a fully-fledged city-state with all the legal backing of such a concept which would enable further progress for all.

I HAD this engaging interview with the Alaafin of Oyo in 2002 alongside Wale Adeoye during which the monarch dwelt extensively on Yoruba jurisprudence or its philosophy of the law. Oba Lamidi Adeyemi dismissed the idea that it was the English Common Law that brought the concept: audi altera partem which emphasises that you must hear the other side, to Yorub

THE cumulative effect of all these atrocities is that everywhere today there is anger. Ideology, vision, competence, genuine love for country and people, as well as humanism; not even age, gender, tribe or religion, is what determines good leadership, and promotes development.

THE awareness of the correlation between lower naira exchange rates and increasing poverty motivated the “Save the Naira, Save Nigerians!” by-line in articles in this column since 2004.