As I made to angrily start the car, he howled, “Move an inch from there! If I no waste you now and dem bury you today, call me a bastard!” I froze. His voice clattered like pebbles jangled over one another. That word singed my flesh like a hot whiplash. He had his gun cocked on the instant, the right hand finger caressing the holster and the left playing menacingly on the gun’s midriff. His eyes dilated like a piece of red-hot coal. It was as if I had received a jab from a cruel nurse’s syringe. Or a hot…

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow ...... and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father ~ Philippians 2:9-11. Introduction: The subject of the lordship of Jesus Christ is a most crucial issue in Christian living. It is an essential assessment that determines who is a real Christian believer, and how relevant a man will ever be to the Ultimate Plan of God for the ages. And, yes, it is…

To Ojodu-Onikolobo and its quaint Town Hall where Baba Lekki is fielding questions on the state of the nation with the indefatigable Okon acting as political batman and enforcer .As the friendship and collaboration between the two deepened and matured, Okon had come to accord the enigmatic contrarian a wary reverence for his sharp intellect and devil may care attitude to constituted authority. The old man on the other hand adored his ward for his waywardness and petty villainies. This wet and soggy morning as tempers rose in the background as a result of recent increases in petroleum and energy…

I believe the calls for restructuring of Nigeria’s socio-political system should be fundamentally driven by the need to re-define the federating units for improved efficiency and devolution of more responsibilities and resources, lean and cost-effective government at all levels, effective leadership recruitment process, sustainable infrastructural development including education and healthcare, and development of Nigerians’ technical know-how to engender industrialization, and institutionalism that will help reduce corruption drastically, and improve security, among others. Agitation for restructuring to recognize ethnic identity may be one of the ways to achieve those fundamental reasons stated above. However, already, the current federating states are as…