Change is constant. This truism best describes the political situation in Kwara, a state gradually shedding its political image as the Sarakis’ fiefdom. Until the 2011 general elections when they nearly lost the governorship seat, the Sarakis were the lone voice in the state politics, dictating the way of life.

The Education Rights Campaign , ERC, uses the occasion of Nigeria’s 52nd independence anniversary to again point attention to the colossal collapse of public education across the country and demand immediate government investment to arrest the decay and revive quality and standard in primary, secondary and tertiary tiers of the educational system.

He may not have performed to the utmost satisfaction of critics who, based on the spate of recent kidnappings in the state, had to draw hasty conclusions that Delta under Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has not only collapsed in terms of security of lives and property, but also on infrastructures.

Muslims pray each day: “O Lord! Keep us on the straight path”. It is a prayer to help us move away from the extremes and maintain balance in our lives.

I have carefully followed the debate on Nigeria’s federal system with mixed feelings. While it is heartening that some of the contributions manifest a growing culture of enlightened engagement necessary for democratic consolidation, many needlessly constrict the debate to ethnicity and choose to haul insults as substitute for sense.

How does one celebrate scholarship, particularly one with an excellent icing? Is it by rolling out drums in the thrills and sprees of a feverish gyration in recognition of landmark achievement or by pouring encomium on the achiever on the pages of a newspaper and other media, or by ruminating in stupefied awe of such academic exploit?

Whensoever my mind slips into the idea of time, I do so with pensive wonderment, knowing that the past, present and future are “kindred spirits” collectively bound up in an ever-living intimacy.

I watched with utter disbelief and dismay the recent stage-managed and show of shame called protest by some of our colleagues under the guise of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Aba Branch over the state of roads in the commercial city.

When professional faultfinders lampoon the Abia administration, with not very choice words, about the state of infrastructure in Aba, little do they realise that the level of degradation that has ravaged Enyimba city for decades does not call for quick fixes or cosmetic remedies which they are wont to proffer.

Countless kilometres of road, many fine factories and hundreds more projects exist only as dreams in Nigeria despite years of promises, so Kashim Ali faced serious scepticism over a recent announcement.