THE agitation by Nigerians for the amendment of the country’s electoral laws to give time limits for adjudication in elections cases or matters paid off during the last amendments of both the 2010 Electoral Act and the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly.

We have indeed come a long way. We were once Nigerians, today we are Biafrans. We are Biafrans because on May 30, 1967, we finally said ‘no’ to the evils and injustices in which Nigeria was steeped. Nigeria was made up of peoples and groups with very little in common.

ON Saturday, October 15, 2011, in trickles and in drones, the remnants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State, gathered at Garrick Memorial Grammar School Ground, Ekewan Road, Benin City for a rally.

THE Norwegian political scientist, Stein Rokkan, writing on his country’s system, said: “The crucial decisions on economic policy are rarely taken at the parties or in parliaments”.

AT the risk of sounding like a broken record, the story of how Nigeria had once relied majorly on agriculture and agricultural commodities for her foreign exchange earnings and later turned to place all her hopes on oil, often awash discussions in circles, and even the media.