I have been following the campaigns of both the ACN and the PDP with keen interest for obvious reasons. Curiously, the PDP has not said Adams Oshiomhole didn’t perform in his first term.

I HAVE enjoyed seeing and feeling the warmth of joyful re-union amongst old friends. How wonderful to recall when we all were thrown together in the innocence of early youth, coming from different parts of the country, and from different family backgrounds, how through empathy and chemistry we quickly bonded together to establish strong abiding life-long friendships.

DOES the Green Tree agreement between Nigeria and Cameroon which ceded the Bakassi Peninsula to the to the latter have the force of law if it has not been ratified by the National Assembly as stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution?

THROUGHOUT his campaign for the July 14 (this Saturday) Edo State governorship election, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has concentrated his focus on issues that have very little bearing on his performance as governor of Edo State in the last four years.

THE simmering dispute between Cross River and Akwa Ibom states over oil wells has become even more Interesting with a fraudulent map being circulated by the National Boundary Commission (NBC). This map in effect cedes to Cameroon and other nations, part of the estuarine territory of Cross River State.

HE said to me that for him and a whole lot of successful private sector professionals, partisan politics and indeed politics generally had never been their thing. However, in recent time, he had begun to question such indifference and whether they still have any right to complain when things go so terribly wrong.

PHILOSOPHY is good because it awakens in man the need for critical thinking. However, if what Emenuaga was trying to say is that Obi as a philosopher should have performed better, he is wrong. I challenge him to tell us one governor who is doing better than him with the available resources? There is no sector in which Obi has not done better than his predecessors.

AS a young undergraduate in the 1980s, I got mocked by my friends from the eastern part of the country each time they returned after the holidays to then University of Ife in Ile-Ife which was renamed after the great politician who was never allowed to transform Nigeria even though they (the powers that be) knew he had all it took to do so.

SLEEPING sickness is the scourge of sub-Saharan Africa where, according to the World Health Organisation, WHO and Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, an estimated 50 million people and 48 million cattle are at risk of contracting the disease.

IN the last eight weeks or so, certain political actions and indiscretion of Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, have unjustifiably put pressure on the Benin Palace and, by implication, the Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa, such that the Palace was forced to offer clarifications through press statements on two occasions.

IN reaction to Mallam Nasir el-Rufai’s uninformed piece on Anambra State entitled: “Anambra: Budget of Misplaced Priorities”, many people have written by way of further comments on the subject. Quite unusual of the Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi did a rejoinder himself; he sought to correct a misrepresentation of his State.

INDEED, even after obtaining the Council’s approval, the Governor in some cases was able to prevail on some contractors to further reduce the cost of projects before the contract documents were signed.

Ottawa is in Canada and Canada is a leading commonwealth country just as Nigeria. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan recently presented letters of credence to a fresh team of envoys and easily, the most visible in that team is Chief Ojo Maduekwe, CFR, eloquent and well read Lawyer, astute politician, skilled administrator, public affairs analyst, great orator and thinker extraordinary.

THE Nigerian aviation law prohibits the registration and operation of aircrafts more than 22 years old for ferrying air passengers. That airline companies in Nigeria continue to register and operate planes older than 22 years is an indictment of the Ministry of Aviation and NCAA.

On Thursday, June 14, 2012, the Independent Television, ITV, Benin aired two interactive political discussion segments on its flagship breakfast programme, “This Morning on ITV”. The two sections had the same focus of the definition of true governance and people-oriented development of Edo State.