STAYING outside Lagos for a few days makes you realise how hectic life in this city has become. While you will be able to move from one end of a city to the other in any other state capital within one hour, you surely will not be able to do same in Lagos.

Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima is not exactly a happy man. He cannot but be sad considering the seemingly endless orgy of violence that has continued to ravage the state orchestrated by a gang of blood thirsty hoodlums, who, masquerading as a Muslim militant group have unleashed a murderous campaign in the name of seeking to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria.

The above aphorism was the watchword of my greatest and dependable ally, course mate and brother, the late Barrister Ayodeji Falae. He believed in it and lived by it before untimely death snatched him away like a daylight robber via the recent ill-fated Associated Airline crash in Lagos.

LIKE Zeus on Mount Olympus, Nigerians were transported with celestial joy and they soared on the wings of ecstatic delight, following the eight wonder world visit of the then President Bill Clinton of America. Every Nigerian, especially those in the Federal Capital Territory rose to the occasion with zealotry and patriotism. By every conventional and accepted canon of diplomacy and international relations, it was a huge success.

THE varieties of demons that exist in Nigeria are an interesting mix against which we daily do battle. There are malaria-causing, diarrhoea-inflicting and headache-distributing demons. And, believe it or not, some demons are specialists in polio apportionment. Of course, enemies are always around to direct the demons to the ‘right’ persons. For the doubting Thomas, a night in my area will do the same job those holes in Jesus’ palms and side did. On certain days of the week, ears are assaulted by verbal wars against demons of unbelievable kinds and the enemies that direct them. Definitely, on Fridays, kiss sleep farewell.