The state of affairs in Egypt is worrisome given the fact that it is Arab’s political center and a key player in Africa’s affair. Egypt holds the balance of power in the Middle East and whatever happens in that country must go beyond its shores. In this interview, Professor Anya O. Anya provides insight into the transition process in the heartbeat of Arab politics.

These words from the main character in a Yoruba epic play could, as well,have been spoken by the former Chief Security Officer (CS0) to the late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, who returned from 14 years in jail to meet both parents, whom he left alive, dead. “I lost my father and mother whom I forced the authorities to allow me to see two times only in 14 years”, a tearful Al-Mustapha told Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State whom he visited after he arrived Kano last Sunday.

Olalekan Ishau Abiola, the first son of late Alhaja Kudirat and Moshood Abiola, in this interview, insists his mother’s killers are still living large and walking the streets freely. Excerpt:

Against the backdrop of the recent Appeal Court verdict which gave Al-Mustapha his freedom after 14 years in detention, Dr. Frederick Faseun, President, O’dua People’s Congress, explained the rationale behind his support for the contentious development in this interview with Saturday Vanguard. Excerpt

The groundswell of comments trailing the discharge and acquittal of Al-Mustapha and Lateef Shofolahan does not seem to be letting up, as Director of Social Communications, Catholic Arch diocese of Lagos, Very Rev. Msgr. Gabriel Osu, has described the verdict as ‘an act of God.