SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, appears jittery that the House of Cards he built with treachery is about to come crashing on him, and has accused the Inspector General of Police, Sulaiman Abba, of perpetrating an illegality by withdrawing the security personnel attached to him. In fact, he said in Osogbo, Osun State, that he would not be intimidated, a clear manifestation of a man under fire and putting up a face.

Yes, that was how I first saw the headline too late Thursday October 23, 2014. Another headline screamed at me, “Wife of President Jonathan Resigns.” Well, that almost ruined my evening and I had moderate heart palpitations. I mean, of all the news you don’t want to hear, that was right up there. Mrs Patience Jonathan resigned?

AS the clock ticks towards the 2015 general elections, political actors, including godfathers have started strategizing towards clinching elective seats and throwing their weight behind their anointed and favoured aspirants or candidates. Political backbenchers are looking at options available to them, or rather trying to create openings towards having an in road to electable personalities that they can invest on.

VARRYING assessments have attended the recently conducted Delta local government elections. As to writing off the process as abhorrently compromised, a perfect specimen would be Ogaga Ifowodo’s last two offerings in his Vanguard column. There is a rumour circulating in Delta to the effect that he wants to run for a position in the federal legislature under the All Progressive Congress, APC.

IN the last few weeks, the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has dissipated too much energy trading words with his predecessor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, over how Ekiti State, also known as the Fountain of Knowledge, has been badly run and why things are bound to go from bad to worse. Fayose seems to be preoccupied with petty matters making many people to wonder whether the Governor really have much to offer his people.