SOMEBODY introduced a popular artiste to me the other day with gusto and excitement “Meet so and so, she is great “.I greeted her normally wondering why my friend was so excited about her.She looked a bit deflated that there could be anybody who does not know her.

EMEKA Enejere, political scientist and intellectual was like a long lost elder brother when I received his call on March 29, announcing he was around. “Where have you been Sir?” was my first question.

The Honorable Minister for Petroleum Resources, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, recently, announced a new petrol price of N145/litre; the NNPC GMD, was however, clearly cautious to avoid a definite declaration that the petroleum downstream sector has now become fully deregulated with the almost 60% increase in petrol price; nonetheless, this seeming dictatorship of a price cap, is clearly inconsistent with a deregulated market.

ONE year after General Muhammadu Buhari assumed office as an elected President of Nigeria, majority of Nigerians (especially those who voted for him in hopes of better life than what obtained during the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan presidency) are bitterly disappointed because of the worsening condition of things on almost all fronts.

Heineken premium beer is the great beer brand that has made its way around the world. The Dutch lager was first brewed by the Heineken family in 1864 when Adriaan Heineken convinced his mother that there would be fewer problems with alcoholism in Holland if the Dutch could be induced to drink beer instead of gin.