Alhaji Sabo Mohammed later emerged President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations. He is currently a public relations consultant. The 71-year-old told BASHIR ADEFAKA the story of his life in Kano.

Where do I begin my Indian story?

If, while discussing with a few people in an evening atmosphere, you repeatedly did a dash like an athlete taking off in a 100m race but ended up doing only a metre or two especially to different directions, you could probably be taken for a mad man in Nigeria.

Over the last 12 weeks, strike- the six-letter word that sends cold shivers down the spine of the hapless Nigerian has had cause to rear its head in the health sector. A last-ditch attempt to avert the latest strike had hit the rocks, Regrettably, the issue of strike has almost become a permanent feature in the nation’s health industry but even as government health institutions in Lagos are reeling under the onslaught of a paralysing doctors’ strike, worse may yet come if feelers from the aggrieved doctors are anything to go by. For the umpteenth time, doctors in Lagos public hospitals would down tools for seemingly irreconcilable issues particularly, those connected to wages and conditions of service.

After several weeks of consultations, the committee set up by the Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF, to choose a consensus candidate from amongst former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, serial National Security Adviser, General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (rtd) and Kwara State Governor, Bukola Abubakar Saraki, is expected to finally announce its choice this week – barring any last minute disequilibrium. Therefore, this report takes you through the bumpy road to picking that candidate and why the assignment was not a tea party.

FOR members of the Cocoa Association of Nigeria in Ogun State, it is time for a showdown with the Ogun State Government over the latter’s unilateral and arbitrary increase in the fees and levies to be paid by the produce merchants.