Nigeria is on the road to Babylon: a place of confusion. Three years ago, the people were convinced that they had found a messiah who will lead them to the Promised Land, and meet all their expectations.

IN the past few weeks, one of the issues on the front burner has been the transparency of the process that led to the payment of $496,374,470.00 for 12 Tucano jets by the Federal Government to the US government without the National Assembly’s Approval.

If you have not read my exposé on the lies in President Buhari’s Democracy Day Speech, do yourself a favour and Google it. The only achievement of that speech is that President Buhari quite possibly has created a Guinness World Record of most lies in a speech.

AT the last count, eight states of the federation have drawn up parallel Executives to counter what some people called “authentic Executives” of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, during the recently concluded congresses. One of the most unbelievable states where this happened is Lagos. That some people, albeit members of the APC in Lagos State, could challenge the supremacy of the de-facto Jagaban of the South-West politics would remain one of the wonders of modern Nigerian political history.

The success of the Not Too Young to run bill is a huge indication that the present Senate led by Saraki is truly committed to youth development and empowerment. From the ease of owning and registering businesses to political participation, Saraki led Senate has prioritized Youth Development in Nigeria.