When the Lagos government began to implement the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) service by demarcating federal government roads in the state, politics was the intrigue used to almost mar the entire exercise.

If you think you know a metropolitan city when you see one, just think again. Lagos, Nigeria’s former capital now economic headquarters of the largest, most populous black nation on earth, with its ambiguous, geographical, complex socio-cultural divisions, acquatic splendour, hectic, heavily congested living, characterised by infuriating nerve wracking, chaotic intracity transport system, leaving commuters devastated at end of the day

To many Nigerians, the word “incredible” is still very appropriate to describe the death of former Attorney-general of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the late Bola Ige who was gruesomely murdered on December, 21, 2001 of his Ibadan home, Oyo State .

HER mastery of the subject, daunting radiance and ravishingly beautiful gait was the elixir to jazz up the French class.

INTERESTINGLY, it is only in Yoruba land, and I stand to be corrected, where the problem of abandoned properties did not afflict the Igbos.

IN some parts of West Africa, political change and possibly the quest for a better life, has acquired a new image. It is now anchored on Islam, by the group now classified as the Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb.

AFRICA Rising – That is the headline of last week’s cover of Time Magazine. It is for me an appropriate place to start my discussion on the theme “Governance, Security and Peace in Africa”; and if I might say so at the onset, it is a somewhat misleading if not patronizing headline.

THE crisis of underdevelopment of the Niger-Delta amidst a huge resource contribution came into razor-sharp focus, last week, in Warri, Delta State, where Professor of Comparative Politics and Public Policy, University of Benin, Professor Augustine Ikelegbe, declared that poverty, which is at the bottom of the grievances/ marginality of the youth/citizens of the region, has not been alleviated.

The North may be having a bad run; for now, that is. What goes around comes around. Whether its fortunes would migrate sooner than later to a better platform can only remain in the realm of conjecture. The prognosis to this may be stark for some and shrouded for others. One thing that is clear is that the North is having a bad run and its leaders, interestingly, know this; but there are still a few who are unwilling to admit.

As early as 7am last Sunday, the rough and dusty road of Kabba became very busy with vehicles from all walks of life particularly from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital plying the route through Okoro Gbede, Aiyetoro Gbede, among others.