I got a letter from Ghanni Nigeria Limited of 24, Taiwo Koya Street, Ilupeju, Lagos State. They are farmers and they are dealing with Riverside Microfinance Bank of Ado-Odo in Ogun State .

An addiction by definition is a physical and sometimes psychological dependence on substances or activities which lead to momentary pleasure or an alteration of a physical and mental state.

We were overwhelmed by the huge response we got with regards to the above topic. Apart from text messages, we got a few verbal responses from the streets.

At the demise of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the Yoruba people were not entirely without a leader capable of stepping into his shoes. As a matter of fact, there seemed to be a surfeit of capable leadership claims. Awoists of various hues and colours were already poised to pick up the august mantle, but they lacked the will necessary to drape it over their shoulders.

THE reaction of the Nigerian Government, as indeed many governments in Africa on the secession of Southern Sudan was muted. They did not want to be seen supporting the breakup of an African country when they themselves are also vulnerable. But the results of the independence referendum released this week should have put paid to that.

I CONCLUDED my last week‘s contribution with an advice that the government should adopt the option of a ‘Cheap Money Policy‘ for Nigeria‘s dormant economy.

THIS column is today dedicated to the down-trodden masses; the Low Income Group, otherwise known as the LIGs; for their total dedication to the success of the on-going registration of voters.

EITHER due to mischief or naiveté, some prominent Igbos are trumpeting their support for the election of Goodluck Jonathan as the President of Nigeria in 2011 while calling for the ceding of the Presidency to an Igbo person in 2015.

AND so, Evander Holyfield continues the strenuous march in his avowed mission to turn back the hand of the clock. It is a costly march for which every step taken forward is rewarded with two steps backwards for a man whose acknowledged warrior fighting instincts are not matched by any level of common sense.

PLEASE, do not ask me what political party any politician belongs, I frankly may not know. In this season of primaries, many politicians change parties like the chameleon changes its colours. The problem is not with the politicians; it is the effect of climate change.

TODAY, the first day of February, marks the golden jubilee birthday of Siyan Oyeweso, Professor of History, Provost College of Humanities and Culture and Chairman Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors of Osun State University, Osogbo.

BOTH Achebe and Soyinka are critical of the pretensions of the post-colonial leaders. Oba S.K Adetona as a participant observer of the process of British colonization addressed the colonial question in class struggle terms, a struggle between pre-colonial rulers and the colonizing power.

What is peculiar about spending four days in Abuja? Nothing spectacular except that I have not gotten myself to accept that Abuja is the place to be.

IT did not sound real. When I read in the papers that the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, was considering Pastor Tunde Bakare as his presidential running mate, my mind did not dwell on it for more than a few moments because I thought the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and Convener of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) would quickly call a press conference and give an emphatic answer: “No”.

Hi Readers! A reader sent a text to ask if Belinda was present at my daughter’s traditional wedding in Jos just before Christmas.