Before he was made Minister –or ‘Secretary’ as the novelty then was-, in the post-June Twelve contraption that had also in it Shonekan answering to HOG or Head of Government, Comrade Uche Chukwumerije, the now bellicose, warmongering, two-time Senator from Abia, was a ‘comrade’ in the frugal sense of the word: famished-looking, austerely-dressed and definitely seeming unable to wait for the littlest nourishment to recant old, non-provident ideologies.

Whereas the nation spends over N100 to produce one litre of fuel; the product is being sold at N65 only, making it inevitable for government to subsidize the transaction. The economics involved in the subject seems clear enough to make even the opposition to support the removal of the subsidy.

Agony columns are very useful for knowing the minds of young people, and thus, in a way, which direction the world is moving. After all, in any society, the future belongs to the current young people.

Every battle leaves scars; some physical, others emotional. When anyone survives a battle; they come out different than they were before; they are forced to develop coping mechanisms to protect and better defend themselves for what next may come. The truth we all have to face is that life is one battle after the next; we survive one and pretty much get ready for the next one.

In their little but insightful book, A Theory of Corruption, Osvaldo Schenone and Samuel Gregg claimed that “There is perhaps no greater problem that handicaps the flourishing of developing nations than that of corruption.”

Let me use this occasion to re-assure Nigerians and members of the international community that we now have strong leads as to those involved in this terror war against Nigeria and Nigerians. I have directed security operatives to go after them no matter where they may be hiding”.

Wednesday’s raid of the Nation newspaper, and the arrest of six of the paper’s editors by the Nigerian Police brings back haunting memories of the military in Nigeria’s body politics.

“As long as I have any choice, I will stay only in a country where political liberty, toleration, and equality of all citizens before the law are the rule.”-Albert Einstein

The proposition of recreating the old Western Nigeria, now split up under several administrative structures, is intriguing. Those who advocate idea are, of course, of Yoruba descent.

I woke up on Sunday morning and as I performed my morning rituals, I contemplated my country, Nigeria and the attendant hardships that face the common man. I looked in the mirror as I brushed my teeth with water I bought from the store as I cannot drink my tap water and wondered what next lay in store for us. We face an onslaught of negative policies that make us groan more from the weight of the load.