Ol’ boy! Middle age is here man! Not so much in terms of looks oh but your body reminds you every now and again that “things ain’t what they used to be”; but mainly it’s in the thought processes. I don’t have death on mind but more and more, I find my thoughts turning towards ‘legacy’.

The North has always claimed to be more than the South in population, an assertion that has often been put in doubt seasonally by the results and processes of succeeding exercises of our population census.

The raging controversy over resource control and derivation has once again assumed the driver seat in socio-political discourse in Nigeria as we speak.

As it is being generally said, many factors among which are insecurity and deepening poverty are pointing to the fact that Nigeria is becoming a failing state, but fortunately not a ‘failed state‘ which many enemies of Nigeria prophesied.

I’M sorry if this sounds very irresponsible, shallow and cynical, but I’m totally bored by the so-called drama that is swirling around Ms Arunma Oteh, Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, and Hon. Herman Hembe, Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Capital Markets Committee.