My revered friend, Fagbemi, brought me good tidings. I mean, literally. It is a tiding I want to share.
He says: “As you cross to year 2011, every knock in your door in the new year will bring good things. Every call, good news. Every message, unending joy. Every contacts, smile to your face…”

I have, as well as others, advocated the parliamentary system. It can be less expensive to run. You can take your ministers from the rank of legislators. Of course, they will be answerable to parliaments and they can be sacked and replaced as the need arises.

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, has taken quite a lot of our time these few days. If you ask me, I will say it is good he did. It was a question of money and of course, integrity. It was a popular uproar. Sanusi could not refuse to answer the summons of the sovereign parliament. He even agreed he could be sacked.

The National Assembly is seething with anger at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s governor. Ordinarily, it would have been a matter of a storm in a tea cup. But it has gone beyond a small tiff.

Monday, November 22, 2010 broke like any day. But differently for Abdul-Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola. The day broke with all expectation – will it or will it not be a good day? He had been working on his election for about three and half years. Will it end like in the last three times?

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, has emerged the consensus candidate for the Arewa people. He will contest against the official candidate of the PDP, Goodluck Jonathan.

The pilgrimage came up in the Holy Land of Mecca last Monday and its rites carry on, on Tuesday, it continued on Wednesday and Thursday. From then, the pilgrims have set to return to Nigeria.

In my Constituency for State Assembly, at the last count, there are 32 aspirants for Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN. There will be a few more for People’s Democratic Party, PDP and the others. Of course, posters have manifested – all saying the things they will do if they are voted to power. They don’t always do.

These days, it is difficult to believe what you read; not to believe what you hear. Take for example: Farida Waziri of EFCC issued a list of those with what the Yoruba would say had ‘comma’ in their characters; in other words, some Nigerians, who had to answer for some charges.

When I returned from my United Kingdom trip on Monday evening, I did not see my neighbour. He did not come to see me. It was unusual not to see him. At least I would meet him at prayers.

For Cecilia, substitute Briskey Gold Nigeria Limited, who had shares in Access Bank Plc; Africa Petroleum; Dangote Flour and its Sugar Refinery counterpart. She had shares in Fidelity Bank Plc; First City Monument Bank Plc; Guarantee Trust Bank; Bank PHB Plc; United Bank for Africa Plc; Union Bank of Nigeria and Zenith Bank Plc.

Cecilia Ibru, the former Managing Director of Oceanic Bank, is a meek woman. She looks meek and behaves like it. I was surprised she admitted the fiddling she did.

The mother did not know what to do or what went on after. David Milliband has resigned from the front bench and has reverted to his constituency duties.
And that reminds me of the Ogbulafors. Obioma Eze Ogbulafor,

They were both landed with treasonable felony charges. They both represent the redemptive symbols of the southerners. To crush them is to remove the obstacles in their path to the Atlantic.

Let us forget for a moment that somebody offered N1 billion bribe. Or that another had an offer of N12 million. But let the government people answer the fact whether the projects projected under the N100 billion bond have been financed by the Federal Allocation and the Internally Generated Revenue in 2010 budget.