Destiny has an uncanning hand in the  conduct and affairs of men. In Yoruba pantheon, it could be likened to “ori”, literally meaning- head, that is, a person’s spiritual intuition. It is often personified as an  orisha  in its own rights.

The birth of a child heralds the advent of an event of epochal significance, for it announces and revalidates humanity’s continuity and perpetuity.

In the race to the presidency in 2019, it is a settled political assumption that presidential power should remain in the north for another term of four years.

NOW that Mr. Peter Obi, former governor  of Anambra State is the running mate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 general elections, it is necessary to address the group of South East governors who complained about his emergence. Only three of the five states in the South East have PDP governors, namely Ebonyi – Chief Dave Umahi, Abia – Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, and Enugu – Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, has been thrown under the bus. He will not serve a second term in office not because the people of Lagos state rejected him in an election but because his godfather, Bola Tinubu, pulled the plug on his re-election bid. When somebody dies, Christians often say, quoting Job 1: 21, that “The Lord gives and the Lord takes away”. Well, in Lagos state politics, Tinubu gives and Tinubu takes away! He is the god of Lagos state politics, the lord of the Lagos Manor!