I’m cock-sure John F. Kennedy and former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon were not concerned about winning a political battle or outsmarting one another in Sept. 26, 1960 when the duo participated in the first televised presidential debate in the United States

THE title of this essay is not original. The credit for its invention should go to one of the military governors during the Babangida or Abacha military era. He was at an event organised by his wife in the state and when it was time for him to make a speech, he began by saying something like this: “I want to thank Her Excellency, my wife, for organising this programme and inviting me to be part of it.”

AS the Muhammadu Buhari presidency clocks 100 days in office, it is interesting to note that the actions of the government which is yet to appoint Ministers and other top officials of government is no longer the focus of negative criticism by Nigerians who think and expect that things should be done differently from the way President Buhari have chosen.

WHEN in a recent Daily Trust (29 July, 2015) opinion Tunde Asaju wrote: “How did a President make and reverse himself so many times on issues of national, and sometimes even global, importance within two months in office”, he forgot that Mr. President was living true to the concept of that very change that swept him to power. Mr. Asaju also forgot to note that the apostle of any gospel is always at liberty to interpret and even re-interpret the notion of his gospel. This is simply what Mr. President is doing.

PEOPLE lie for many reasons. Some lies are claimed to be benevolent, when they bring no harm in particular, to the hearer. For example, when you asked to go and tell your eldest brother, that his beloved father is dead, you look at him in the face and tell him to come home urgently.