If things go terribly wrong during the exercise, it could give the opposition an advantage; but the other parties themselves will have to be more cohesive than they are at the moment to win

Permit me to say loud and clear that the recent revelations by the Nigerian Police under the leadership of IGP Ibrahim Idris, linking the Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Bukola Saraki to the unfortunate bank robbery that took place in Offa, Kwara State few weeks ago is not only disturbing but appears to be an attempt to implicate him.

The three “Diary” entries reproduced below to share with readers were actually”Jottings” that were extensions to my shorter daily diary entries.   Twenty-five years after the infamous annulment, I still stand by my position on Babangida in the first entry: “He has exposed Nigerians at home and abroad to ridicule and he certainly does not deserve a decent end.”  

I was twenty-three and in the first semester of my final year as a law student at the University of Benin. He was thirty and already a rising star in the legal profession, though still under the wing of the urbane but ever battle-ready Alao Aka-Bashorun.

When civil servants are enthused about the organisation and its mission, the services rendered will mirror this enthusiasm