Have we brought this upon ourselves? As a Nigerian priest resident in Rome, it is always a nightmare confronting the barrage of existential questions concerning my beloved fatherland. Ever since I left the shores of Nigeria and boarded that first flight that brought me over to Europe, I am always bombarded with one question that has today become a millstone— ma padre perche sempre Nigeria? (But Father, why always Nigeria?) The deluge of this question has been such that I have decided to publicly monologize my agony.

A curious thing took place on Thursday, April 30, 2015 when a seemingly routine advertorial in The Guardian announcing the appointment of chairmen and members of council for 12 newly established federal universities and four federal polytechnics, but a sinister addendum to the heading of the advertorial allegedly signed by the Minister of Education, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau announced the change of chairman of the University of Ibadan.

If you ever thought yourself a ‘crazy’ football fanatic, then wait till you read the story of 46-year-old Ejike Maduekwe who says watching his favourite club, Arsenal FC win matches helps him sleep well.

In my time, I have seen a great deal as observer and gone through a great deal as participant-observer. But few things have unsettled me as seeing Chief Olusegun Osoba’s picture displayed prominently, following the general elections, in the gallery of “those who failed.”

THE appearance of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) at the public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions to defend its quest for amendments of its 2006 Act last March has ignited a debate on the pros and cons of the proposed amendment.