THE leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, must have celebrated when a suicide bomber blew himself up and killed 47 students at the assembly ground of the Government Senior Science Secondary School in Potiskum, Yobe State, on Monday, November 10, 2014.

MANY are of the opinion that Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, the Governor of Lagos State, has performed wonderfully well. In fact, he is often used as a reference point for good governance and how democracy dividends should be delivered.

Developments experts and other relevant stakeholders have been effusive in their praises for its introduction by the Senator Bala Mohammed-led Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, describing it as the panacea to infrastructural deficit bedeviling the territory. Considering the fact that it is loaded with all the ‘’ingredients” that have the potentials of transforming any city that is suffering from infrastructural barrenness, the rain of endorsements or better still, accolades being showered on FCTA’s Land Swap policy cannot be said to be misplaced.

In the very close future, video broadcasting will be the most ubiquitous and accessible form of communication. The tools for video recording will continue to become smaller and more affordable. Personal media devices will be universal and interconnected. People will have the opportunity to record and share video with a small group of friends or everyone around the world.

For the constituents of Ekiti North Federal Constituency 1, comprising of both Oye/Ikole Local Governments, there is no better representative than the present representation from Congressman, Hon. Bimbo Daramola who out of passion took his statutory responsibilities above buts and beyond expectations.

Success, my dear President, Aliko Dangote, the Nigerian 25th richest man on earth today, would admit, is not by accident. It is purely an act and art of deliberate planning. Hence, the saying that “to be successful has nothing to do with luck” is gaining global acceptability than it hitherto did in the past. People plan to succeed in business, in politics, in the profession and also [even more] in government.

THE proverbial tale of the Tortoise who went to his in-law’s house to ask for their daughter’s hand in marriage, but got carried away by the food offered, while a more serious person came and took the lady away is quite popular.

THE Right Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, incumbent Speaker of Nigerian’s House of Representative, has undoubtedly established himself as a master of masters in the game of politics, albeit the Nigeria’s muddy waters of politics.

THERE is minuscule disputation with the fact that the South West remains one of the most politically sophisticated parts of Nigeria. Many politicians have used different vehicles of political mobilization to woo the South West, but they have often only succeeded where they have a track record of public benefits. Unlike most other zones, the South West people are not easily swayed by eleventh hour democrats, hence in the 2011 general elections they voted along the patterns of their permanent interests within the dynamic body politics of Nigeria.

THE defection of Tambuwal from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Party, APC, did not come as a surprise to close watchers of the political affairs of this country.

I RECEIVED the news of the defection of Rt. Hon Aminu Tambuwal from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressive Congress, APC, with stoic and philosophical calmness. Apart from being a sour taste in the mouth, it is also laden with legal and political miscalculations and labyrinths.

TO Chief Tony Anenih, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, double-speak is not a virtue. Over the years, he has maintained the principled position that on issues of party loyalty and discipline, a leader does not need to prevaricate.

IN a season of electioneering, it should be expected that all manner of ideas, calculations and doublespeak by politicians and their cheerleaders will be given free reign. More so, in a country that truth easily becomes the first casualty of power and influence, it should be equally expected that ferocious attempts to rewrite, tweak or embellish our national history to serve partisan political interests will be made.

The recent adoption of Dr Uche Ogah by the Umu Ada Nkwa Ngwa socio cultural organization as the preferred candidate for the governor of Abia state in 2015 is indeed the right choice by the women of Abia state. Going forward, the women folk in God’s own state have taken the lead in opting for a proven and result- orientated leadership for the state.

SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, appears jittery that the House of Cards he built with treachery is about to come crashing on him, and has accused the Inspector General of Police, Sulaiman Abba, of perpetrating an illegality by withdrawing the security personnel attached to him. In fact, he said in Osogbo, Osun State, that he would not be intimidated, a clear manifestation of a man under fire and putting up a face.