In what clearly is a deliberate plot to instill fear in Edo people and residents, some faceless people who do not mean well for the state, have been circulating hate communication materials designed to fuel ethnic disaffection and promote violence in Edo State.

IF you are an ardent follower of politics in Nigeria, you would have heard of the slang; the “Buhari Syndrome”. But if you haven’t, then you may have to dust up your old schoolbag, sandal and uniform to go back to the four walls of a classroom at least of the political nature and texture.

THOSE  who are conversant with the verse  of the Bible quoted supra would remember very vividly what happened and the context in which Jesus made the statement.  But for those who are not, what transpired was that the time that Jesus Christ would be crucified was at hand and it has been written that one man, Judas, a son of perdition, who would fulfill a negative prophecy, would betray him to those who sought to carry out his arrest for the purpose of His trial and crucifixion.

Except for crass opportunism, blatant mischief and sheer dishonesty, it is unthinkable that any well-meaning Nigerian would dismiss the just- concluded 21st African Senior Athletics Championship, a.k.a Asaba 2018, as a failure in an article circulating online. Aside from the fact that it is unfair and illogical to assess the success or otherwise of a major championship like Asaba 2018 based on a few glitches here and there, Abati became a victim of social media rumours in his haste to execute a sinister agenda.

When President Muhammadu Buhari pulled out his kinsman, Lawal Daura, from retirement on July 2, 2015, to replace Ita Ekpenyong as Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), eyebrows were raised.