It was one of those days in the University of Nigeria, Jackson Building (Mass Communication Department), to be specific. One of my schoolmates had been getting under my skin. He had this annoying habit of patting guys on the bum. On this day, I anticipated he was going to do it again and beat off his hand as it was moving towards my backside.

The players have done a pretty good job and huge credit goes to them; their coach, Imama Amapakabo

Ken Saro-Wiwa Junior, the eldest son of the Ogoni author and activist whose 1995 execution sent shockwaves around the world, passed away, aged only 47, on Tuesday. And I am more devastated than mere words can ever express.

THE world is at war. In most parts, this year that marks the Centenary of the First World War, is witnessing horrendous conflicts. In that war, the main actors proclaimed, ‘no more wars!’ Twenty three years later, they were back in a ‘war to end all wars’.

IT is my considered opinion that the interviews which Madame Aisha Buhari granted criticising the composition of her husband’s government mainly with strangers was a “sting operation”. Apparently, while her husband was perfecting the armed invasion of the homes of judges by agents of the Directorate of State Services, DSS, over alleged corrupt practices, Aisha was also priming to release her bombshell.