NOW and again, I come across old friends who ask how I cope with being committed to the Nigerian project for so long even as things degenerate from one generation to another.

Clearly this was not the case, and so many people had to pay for it with their life. Even at that, the Police are still not taking responsibility for anything. Their spokesperson in Lagos, Frank Mba, has been telling sceptical Nigerians that their investigations have so far shown no police man put up a road block at the point the accident occurred.

THIS is one side of the preventive diplomacy third party interventions. The other side of the prevention statecraft is one that addresses the task of developing strategies that facilitate negotiated settlements of ideological and sovereignty conflicts.

WHEN I heard that some Igbo leaders had scheduled a meeting with Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark to negotiate terms for Igbo support of the perceived Goodluck Jonathan presidential ambition, I pinched myself to see whether I was dreaming or awake.

Last week I came out with a view that bordered on caution in the handling of the appointment of the next Super Eagles coach. I said the solution to our football woes may not lie in a “good coach”. That no matter how good that coach may be, if the structures are not right, success will not be guaranteed.

Hi Readers! I was surprised to find Michel waiting for me in Seb’s office the Monday after he and his wife had a quarrel at my place. Nanny was due to return home that week, so, Lucy, his wife, who had come to stand in for nanny, was winding up.

“The Senate President is reported to be earning N250m quarterly or N83.3m per month while his deputy earns N50m monthly.

The claim on Property Jonathan at the level of being on the driving seat at the centre seemingly has nothing to do with the fact that he is Izon from Bayelsa State. But because of what we have made of office-holding in Nigeria, it does have everything to do with where you come from.

Igbo people build consensus tediously. The endorsements on behalf of the Igbo by various groups purporting to speak in their behalf, for Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari, or any other aspirants will ultimately comedown to that question: “what is in it for me?” And that is as it should be.

Let us at this point begin to harvest our thoughts on the main thrust of our dis
course, that is, the desirability of a benevolent dictator, leviathan or strong transformational figure for Nigeria at this time.

A market is a place of business, money, services and goods exchange hands. People from all walks of life visit the market for different reasons; some for transactions, others to partake in the energy and be a part of something that makes their mundane life pass less tediously and some visit just to observe and comment on the people there.

I’ve heard this too, and I think this is a pity. Why are prices high? It is usually because the government charges high custom dues for raw/finished materials brought in.

We all need to encourage one another and stop bad mouthing and criticizing one another. If we all made up our minds to operate in love, we are on the way. Being a woman making it in a mans world is tough enough. Do what you can be to help another succeed. Before too long, you would find yourself succeeding.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is free to contest the presidential election next year. The Peoples Democratic Party, his party, announced the decision in tandem with the affirmation that its “zoning” policy remains intact.

Baring unforseen circumstances the people who will run our football for next three to four years will emerge after the FA elections tomorrow.