Quite often, many State Governments in Nigeria openly express dissatisfaction with the sharing of the proceeds of the federation account. Last week, the trend took a rather serious turn when Commissioners for finance from the States walked out on the Minister of State for Finance, Dr Yerima Lawal Ngama who chaired the May 2013 Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting in Abuja.

Fatai Rolling Dollar almost escaped being a period piece. But his style of music and its intrinsic worth which lasted the whole of his career stamped him for a juju performer.

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What is the value of a Nigerian life? What are the costs and implications of being a citizen of this great Nation? I say great because indeed, we are in terms of population and resources at our disposal, but not because we have all we deserve in terms of functional infrastructure and good quality of life.

IN last Friday’s column, I made the following comments about Dame Patience Jonathan, the First Lady:

A critical reader once asked me to define the concept of sensible politics and commonsense economics that I always refer to in this column, and also, to differentiate between that concept and President Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda. My logical answer is that the President’s Transformation Agenda is now in vogue and Nigerians are familiar with the consequences of some of the actions of the Federal Government.

IN this season of high wire politicking, it probably means nothing to the Nigerian ruling elite. But the social consequences might sooner, rather than later, come to consume them.

QUITE often, when legislators are asked to write a law, they end up writing themselves into the law. That’s the way it has always been.

ON the occasion of this year’s Father’s Day, President Goodluck Jonathan called on state governors to pick up courage and sign death warrants of felons sentenced to death by courts of competent jurisdictions.

ABIOLA Ajimobi, governor of Oyo State, has been in the news of late. Only weeks ago he was honoured with a chieftaincy along side his wife by the Olubadan, Oba Odulana Odugade. There has been much talk before and since then about how well the Governor has transformed Oyo State, particularly, Ibadan, the state capital, into a working city.