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In 1989, while lounging on the sofa in my one-bedroom flat in London, I watched the unfolding revolution in Romania on live television. It started in the city of Timisoara when the government used the secret police (Securitate) of Nicolae Ceaușescu, the Romanian dictator, to crush the protest against the eviction of the Pastor of the Hungarian Reformed Church.

When Jewish children turn 13 years old, for boys and 12 years old, for girls, they celebrate their bar or bat mitzvah, respectively.  According to Jewish tradition, this is when Jewish children become responsible for their actions.

The criminal justice systems in Europe, the US, and other developed countries use a jury system to determine an individual's guilt or innocence.  These 12 people who make up the jury are just ordinary citizens. They are the test of reasonableness. 

Humility hides strengths and weaknesses. It identifies threats and opportunities.  With its hidden strengths, humility can grab opportunities. With its hidden weaknesses, it can avoid threats.

Malam Abba Kyari, the Chief of staff to President Buhari, is dead and buried. He was a victim of covid-19. To many Nigerians Malam Abba was a bad man, and to many of his friends, mostly journalists, he was a good man. Whether he was bad or good only God judges.

In Ihedioha v Uzodinma (2020) , the Supreme Court of Nigeria ruled that it cannot overturn its own decision. According to the Court, its decision is final whether there were errors. It is not because Ihedioha’s application has no merit, but that if they overturn their decision, it “would open the floodgate of similar applications”. This means that even if there’s new evidence that a man sentenced to death is now innocent, the Supreme Court of Nigeria will not overturn its decision.

First, let me inform those who may be concerned:  Igbo tradition (Ome N'ala) is not anti-women; rather, it protects women.  Ome N'ala is the customary law of the Igbo people.  It is our way of life, and it is duly recognised by the Nigerian constitution.

Boko haram is waxing stronger. The insurgents are killing northern Nigerians daily. They are rampaging and sacking northern Nigeria’s villages.  Mr. Shekau (leader of Boko haram) has threatened to attack President Buhari if he visits Maiduguri again. The Nigerian military, including other security services, is helpless and hapless in fighting Boko haram.  Virtually every Nigerian has advised Mr Buhari to change his military chiefs, at least, to introduce fresh ideas to the fight against boko haram.

Former Abia state governor, Chief T. A. Orji (TA), and his sons are alleged to have stolen more than 500 billion naira from the state’s coffers. The alleged fraud happened throughout the 8 years TA governed Abia state. Honestly, N500 billion is quite a lot of money for TA and sons to steal within 8 years in office.

Prior to 2015, Buhari was familiar with Boko haram and Boko Haram was familiar with Buhari. Buhari even stated that “any attack on Boko haram is an attack on northern Nigeria”. When President Jonathan declared Boko haram a terrorist organization, Buhari kicked against it. Even boko haram nominated Buhari to represent them in a proposed peace talk with the federal government of Nigeria. Hence, when Buhari became the president of Nigeria everyone expected Boko haram’s attacks to subside, after all, the man (Buhari) they once nominated as a representative is now the president of Nigeria.