THERE is no doubt that the last two weeks belonged to the usual patience of the Nigerian people and perhaps, the consistent goodluck of the acting President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan in preventing what could be regarded as unnecessary constitutional crisis.

WAR mongers and leading candidates for the International War Crimes Tribunal, Tony Blair and George W. Bush were in Nigeria on February 20. The twosome have made our contemporary world far more insecure and turbulent than they met it.

WILLY Bazuaye epitomises the best and worst of the fate of Nigerian athletes. A former international, a coach with the Eagles, especially the U-20 team that won at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he has been down with stroke since 2003.

I HAVE never fully understood why so many Nigerian politicians insist on bitterly informing anyone who will listen to their tedious tales of woe that they were forced to comply when Obasanjo (aka OBJ), our former President, “foisted” Yar’Adua on the PDP and the nation.

ACTUALLY, Health Minister Professor Babatunde Oshotimehin has a lot more to worry about than the President’s health.

Some who eagerly rush into it, do so because they have the assurance that their wives or their wives families can conveniently pick the bills, and they will not be affected in any way. This is the major reason why a lot of men commit all sorts of things in order to get money to buy cars, build houses and acquire other properties of their choice before even thinking of getting married.

The job of the National Assembly appears to leave the Constitution and instead ignite a debate over the true meaning of handover, stoke it as we shout and protest in our various trademark fashions, and maintain the tempo for as long as it takes the President to return to his seat.

PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua after a 93-day absence was brought commando style into the country last Wednesday under the cover of darkness. The Commander-in-Chief tactically evaded the six-man Federal Government delegation sent to his erstwhile Saudi Arabia base; as the delegation arrived, he took off for Nigeria. The hapless delegation was forced to return home in pursuit of their sick leader.

Note : This piece contains a gory photograph that could be disturbing to some readers.

An Igbo welder roasted alive , few days ago in Jos . After the so called calm.
The Long buses have been the target of horrific night ambushes in the name of anything for some time now.
These buses according to my sources are suddenly crashed into, in the dead of night on Abuja -Auchi roads, Abuja – Ilorin, Abuja -Ibadan- Lagos, by devilish waiting on the brinks tankers, and those are described as accidents. Unidentified robbers come to the scene after the wounded are taken away and the dead tell no tales. On the terrible Lagos Benin route , the Ondo section from Ore has been deliberately left untouched since Anenih.

The count down is on. I believe it is a co-incidence that the last friendly matches preparatory to the World Cup should be in the frame of what is now the 100 days count down to the World Cup. What is not a coincidence is that the organisers of the World Cup have lined up series of programmes aimed at bringing home the reality of an event that is still a subject of doubt in the western media.