THE year was 1965. I was an innocent starry-eyed 13 year-old and Nigeria was in turmoil. It was the era of the “wetie,” when the houses of politicians and key public-figures were burnt down in the brouhaha that was then Western Nigeria.

THERE is no doubt any longer about the fact of Goodluck Jonathan running for the Presidency come 2015. His interest has moved beyond “reading of body language” and reading of “his lips” to “transformational” actions. He should and would run, for two obvious reasons.

THE British without consulting us amalgamated diverse ethnic groups and christened the union Nigeria. So, a revered northern monarch called the union the mistake of 1914; and, Chief Awolowo referred to Nigeria as a mere geographical expression. Since Nigeria came into being, we have always been conscious of our ethnic origins. In the 1950s, during our struggle for political emancipation, the northerners wanted to secede over the Nine point programme.

CALL him a man of honour, courage and commitment, you will not be wrong because at 61 he is all of these beside being a man of destiny as he clearly has an important date with history. It is said that some are born great, while others attain or achieve greatness.

I had the ugly experience of reading the infantile postulations of a former minister of aviation, Mr. Femi Fani –Kayode, headlined, ‘The bitter truth about the Igbo’. I wept for Nigeria as I remembered that such a character was once a member of the Federal Executive Council under Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s presidency.

One lesson I learnt over the years is to ignore rabble rousers no matter the degree of their provocation. The recurrent decimal that defines political failures is their unalloyed penchant at deploying religion and ethnicity in craving for a seat on the political gravy train. The irony is the success rate of this tactics notwithstanding the damage it does to the polity and national cohesion. Are politicians really ready to learn or is the number the most important factor no matter the character of coalescing individuals?

WE in the Enugu Peoples Assembly, EPA, are at a loss as to why nothing seems to be happening politically and infrastructurally in the South-East geo-political zone, despite the calibre of Ndigbo in President Goodluck Jonathan’s government.

The Action Congress, alias Tinubu’s baby; Congress for Progressive Change, Buhari’s alter ego, and the All Nigerian Peoples Party, chaired by Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu and the little half of APGA under Owelle Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State.

History beacons on August 24, 2013 as the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu is set to receive the first international flight to the Coal City. Ethiopian Airlines issued a July 26, 2013 statement, indicating its readiness to be the first international carrier to fly to the Airport.

POLITICS, as they say, is a game of intrigues. It is also a game reputed for throwing up superstars who readily distinguish themselves in the service of man and humanity.