Year comes and year goes. That is how it has been and will always be. As the clock gently ticked away, bringing a year to an end, another was being born. The birth of a new year brings about the beginning of another 365 or 366 days, a duration with its symbolic nuances, tempo and memories.

THE long awaited 2015 general elections are at hand. Unlike previous elections, this year’s contests promise to be keenly contested by the respective gladiators across the country.

ANYTIME the story of the Nigerian army is told, the name of General TY Danjuma will always feature prominently. Similarly, the political history of Nigeria is not complete without mentioning the role he played in the political development of the Nigerian nation. And talking about one man who has a heart of gold and looks out for the less privileged, General Danjuma is that man.

This story examines former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s latest dance steps, a break-dance of twists and turns with one suspected objective: the actualisation of a self-serving agenda that is at variance with the projection of a united Nigeria. Yet, a more perceptive incumbent President would have pulled all the stops to successfully rein-in Obasanjo.

What is playing out in Odi in Kolokuma-Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa State in the wake of the N15bn Federal Government compensation for the 1999 military invasion and the sacking of the community, could best be described as shocking.