He enjoyed a rich professional life, rising to Director of Public Works and Permanent Secretary in the old Western Nigerian government. He left his civil service position in 1966 as permanent secretary and embarked on the academic life, joining the Engineering department of the University of Lagos where he also enjoyed a fruitful career.

Abacha died unexpectedly, just as he was getting his political machine ready to become a civilian president through a fraudulent election. Yar’Adua’s death was protracted, and, to me, expected. It was really a matter of time before he passed on.

He had, after that, moved on to be a Senator of the Federal Republic and also become the VIth Seriki Muslumi of Lagos. His grandfather was the First. His grandfather contributed to the building of the first Lagos Central Mosque and the Shitta-Bey Mosque in 1894.

The batons have changed hands and we have new heads at the Federal Ministry of Works, a federal body which is supposed to be in charge of federal roads all over the nation. Until a person ceases to exist, you have to keep hoping that there’s a shining light at the end of the dark tunnel which has been a hindrance to our well-being in this country.

However, Einstein never identified with any religion and he repeatedly distanced himsellf from the anthropomorphic deity of conventional religions. Although Marxist philosophy is not my area of specialisation, I know enough about it to be sure that Olatunji cannot provide any credible source to back his claim Karl Marx supported war on the ground that “betterment of the unfortunate might hinder the selection by survival of the fittest.”

Woman you need to trust me. I cannot lie to you. Many of you read last weeks article, and are so upset. You see the truth in it, but at the same time you are in that situation and so confused because you just do not know what to do. I hear you. So you get home everyday between ten pm and eleven.

Things are moving rather faster than most of us would have expected. In the country there are social, political and economic activities all moving in different directions at comparative speed, not so easy to fathom.

God rest late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua. He was a good man, a nice man – a man of peace and laudable aspirations.

Even the most powerful or wealthy woman will still fall at the altar of love. Most of us, will do the most foolish things when it comes to matters of the heart. Many of us would take the most ridiculous of risks, just to prove our love. And many will also make the grievous sacrifices, including family and friends, just to remain in love.

THE two questions appear identical if the readers set their minds on expectation of immediate revival of a failing state. Some have accused me of being a coward for not declaring outright Nigeria as a failed state. I am not an unduly optimistic analyst by nature since I believe that pessimism could be self_defeating in examining the various problems of the country.