RECENTLY, President Buhari opined in far away Nairobi, Kenya that Nigeria will not devalue the Naira. No doubt, the president is well intentioned and means well. It is in the “interest” of the masses who have been battered by the prevailing economic circumstance.

EMERGING projections point to the fact that the purveyors of the desperate craze to lure the people of Edo State into the vortex of neo-colonial subservience and allegiance to an Aliko Dangote who, through the sitting Governor of the state is bent on foisting a surrogate on Edo State.

As a young boy growing up in 1980s Nigeria, I knew Black women as lovely women who exuded charm and breeding in their dressing, their demeanor and in their mannerisms. In fact, the epitome of loveliness was Nigeria’s then First Lady, Maryam Babangida.

Several months ago, the nation was engrossed in a lot of political activities where political gladiators were busy selling their promises to the electorates. While, few really intended to keep their words of assurances, many candidates mount the podium at various rallies to juice the minds of the voters in a ‘ziggy’ manner in order to solicit for as many thumbs as possible at the polls.

THERE is a lot of trepidation in the nation since July 2015. Those who would normally speak up against wrong moves or decisions by government are more careful for many reasons; Some kept quiet because all it takes is for someone to craft a petition against any one perceived to be anti-government, to either the police, EFCC or the DSS alleging one thing or the other, and the vultures will be released to swoop and make a mess of that victim.