THE immediate task before the in-coming Buhari government is to restore unity in this extremely divided country. General Buhari has truly persevered and has secured victory at the rougher ends of political struggle in the country; he now needs to win the peace by playing the role of unifier in this battered country. There will be two sides to the achievement of this goal –the short and long-term aspects.

WITH the successful conclusion of the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday 28th March 2015 and the emergence of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as the elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a lot of energy and ink have been expended by commentators, including hack writers and pseudo-analysts, who specialize in muddling the political water or worse still, fouling the fresh air Nigerians are currently savouring.

IS Nigeria heading for a one party system? Are opposition parties being swallowed by the waves of CHANGE that is blowing across the country? Is the PDP boat sinking considering the spate of defection? What kind of opposition would the left-over be? These are questions that have agitated in my mind since the dismantling of PDP’s wing from the centre few days ago.

LAST year, as the political gladiators in our beloved nation plotted to remove President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, former president Olusegun Obasanjo,OBJ was quoted in the print media as saying that for him it was ” Anything But Jonathan, ABJ ” .

THE above title belongs to an extremely popular television slot started precisely in 1973 at the then Midwest Television (MTV) which later became Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) following the take over of all television stations nation-wide by the then Federal government.