Excerpts of the interview, conducted in his sitting room at Ologoama with over 50 villagers, overflowing his living room to the balcony, front and back of his compound as spectators.

WHAT is on a man’s mind? The answer, over the years, tended to anchor on the phallocentric psychological theories of the Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud) 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939; co-founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Libidinous as his tendencies were, the profundity of a man’s mind is doubtless.

It is indeed not only a surprise, but also an inspiration to all of us here in the local government and I believe by extension humanity, as a whole that at 90 Papa Allen is starting school. And that is why we decided to give him scholarship and N15, 000 monthly for his upkeep so that that can further motivate him to continue the programme.

Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah was an unusual draft in the nominations for Vanguard’s Man of the year. Neither her entrepreneurial skills which earned her a huge fortune in the oil and gas industry nor her acclaimed role in mobilising finances for Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign mattered.

People that don’t have people to send them to school are helpless. President Jonathan should do everything to help the helpless; he should as the president of this country identify such people and provide the wherewithal for them to go to school” – Pa Tete Allen, (via an interpreter)