THE above title describes the situation of the second and third respondents at the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin City, the first respondent, INEC, having failed to put up defence which could have been a reference point for the second and third respond

I have been reluctant to write anything about the clash between the Yoruba and the Hausa Fulani in the ancient city of Ile-Ife and in which far many more people were killed than anyone cares to publicly admit.

One of the highlights of the Dr. Akinola Aguda Report to the late General Murtala Mohammed on the new Federal Capital Territory, was that Lagos, the nation’s economic never centre, would be given special status. In other words, that Lagos would not be neglected should in case the federal capital was eventually moved to Abuja.

TYPICAL politicians have the capability of speaking from both sides of their mouths at the same time without accident occurring. For the ardent and stunt politician, morality is a very scarce commodity. In whatever and whichever classroom the astute Nigerian politicians gathered as students to receive tutorial, there can never be found one single “holy man” because “in the classroom of politics angels are never students”. May be, it is for these and more reasons that politics is referred to as a “dirty game”, at least in the Nigerian parlance.

WHILE majority of those in power often resort to media hype and populist propaganda to advertise themselves, a few silently achieve great things devoid of media evangelism.