News coming in from the Morocco camp of the Nigerian U-23 camp had it that whenever a foreign based player arrived, there was so much jubilation in camp.

“We agree that the work involved is quite tedious but we will try to make the environment better and stronger. There is a lot of work to do in SEC and NSE and we will contribute our quota to building a world class market that all of us will be proud of”.

Hi Readers! I must confess that as I stood looking at Tayo’s two cute grandsons at her daughter, Dupe’s place in London, I felt inadequate. Was I jealous? No. Envious? Just a tiny bit. Tayo is my closest friend on earth, and we’ve both come a long way, but if you start out in life with someone, it’s impossible never to compare what you are/what you have with hers at some point.

“Six years after scrapping toll gates on major high ways, the Federal Government is to reintroduce them to raise funds for road maintenance in the country”. The preceding is the opening paragraph of a report titled “FG to Reintroduce Toll Gates, Fuel Tax” on page 15 in the Punch edition of 30/3/2010.

“Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them” You all must have heard that Jonathan’s “candidate” has won the PDP ticket for Bayelsa gubernatorial primary.

Writing is cathartic; it’s the best way to really look at situations and make an appraisal that puts into consideration the truth and one’s core beliefs and convictions.

In a week of highwire events, there often is for the columnist, the feeling of standing lingeringly before a salad bar or a buffet of assorted cuisines. There’s much to be had, but alas, only so much can fit into the neat frame of our bodies in spite of our desires.

One obvious subject that has continued to elude the Nigerian nation is integration. Neither the political structure nor the law of the land is sufficiently positioned to redress the situation. The state of origin of every Nigerian has remained the most important ticket for getting anything.

It can be safely assumed that the statement issued by General Azazi was cleared and approved by President Jonathan, Commander-In-Chief, C-I-C, of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

The word ‘giant,’ according to Chambers 20th Century Dictionary, is “anything much above the usual size of its kind.” This is why we describe an extremely tall and huge person as a giant.

Several days after a friend and her daughter returned to the country from their vacation in Asia and in Europe, the latter was going to travel to the United States of America.

I think it was about a year ago that I did a piece advocating the necessity for the powers that be to incorporate and make it mandatory for everyone wishing to join any political party to undergo mental and psychological evaluation.

There was a time when Nigerians actually enjoyed politics. The rules were clear, though some of them were still being developed to keep up with the fast pace of our development as a nation.

Indeed, the saying that health is wealth is not an understatement. When you lead a very busy and hectic lifestyle, you tend to take a lot of things for granted, like our complete physical and mental well being. With each passing day, we wake up and get ready to face the daily grind of our different professions, family life etc.

President Goodluck Jonathan bared his fangs two days ago by announcing the unceremonious removal of the EFCC chairperson, Mrs. Farida Waziri in a manner that defeats the anti-corruption crusade. Under the universal rules governing anti-corruption, you cannot hire and fire anybody just like that; trying to use corruption to fight corruption, without stating the reason for the removal.