The former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, got himself in soup last week. His offence was saying it is futile to compare Nigeria’s two main political parties - the All Progressives Congress and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Without mincing his words, he said there’s nothing to compare and nothing to choose from and that both were the refuge of scoundrels. That comment has earned him a beating to hell and back at the hands of members of both parties. It’s not new that political parties have rotten roots, but they evolve. America’s founding fathers…

Only recently, it dawned on me that not a few married women are in limbo of hopeless sexual inactivity in their marriages. Let’s disregard the facade of happiness and superficial fulfillment some women display outside, many of them are in silent agony over sexual dysfunction of their husbands. Quite pathetically, several of such men are being ravaged by chronic underlying health challenges aggravated by poorly treated sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Some of the men may be dealing with diabetes, acute stress or malignant health conditions that could render them completely inactive in the bedroom. While the sufferers could understandably endure…