preach hateful politics, he removed whatever credibility that may be attached to his said message. I would have taken the same position if he had used the pulpit to promote APC and demonise PDP. And his premise for labelling APC an Islamic party was so puerile, disingenuous and downright illogical.

I like the Niger Delta militants. Or are they ex militants now?

They dropped their arms or so, we were told, and collected tons of cash in exchange. Perhaps, it was a virtual exchange. So they are not supposed to have weapons or, at least, should not flaunt their capacity to inflict violence. That is a reasonable expectation. So much for reasonableness.

It was to be a routine meeting for manpower deployment in the new Government of James Ibori in Delta State. Present in this meeting were the Chief Officer of State himself, James Ibori, the Secretary to State Government Engineer Erhuero, the Commissioner for Finance David Edevbie and some other members of the State Cabinet.

Some people have remarked in writing and in other forms of communication that President Goodluck Jonathan has given more attention to the entertainment industry to the detriment of other industries.

With the February 2015 election on the horizon, political imperatives loom increasingly large in Nigeria. There is perhaps no more pertinent example than the fevered politicisation of the brutal Boko Haram insurgency.