Governor Akinwunmi Ambode recorded yet another first when he signed seven vital bills into law. Perhaps, the most noticeable of the lots is the Yoruba Language Preservation and Promotion of Law which represents a cognizant reflection of the position which Lagos State prides Yoruba language as the cultural vehicle for articulate communication.

In 2015, the two main opposition parties in Delta State, APC and Labour Party, had fused their members into the APC platform. Both fielded candidates from Delta Central despite the persistent Anioma agitation for a governor of Anioma extraction. As a result, the opposition performed worse than ever before.

One could write volumes about the problems and failings that abound in the Nigerian State. From television interviews to roadside conversations, political roundtables to beer parlour discussions, there is no lack of commentary on the myriad of issues bedeviling the sleeping giant of Africa.

When the Chibok Girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, the then opposition All Progressive Congress condemned the Jonathan administration most stridently for not swinging to action immediately and for keeping the public uninformed about the saga.

We should be appreciative that, as it did recently by being the first country to appoint dead people to public office, ours has made history again as the country where the cash snake was first identified