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left: Fr. Mbaka; right: Pres Buhari In his book, ‘the power of the charlatan’, Grete de Francesco described a ‘snake-oil purveyor’ as a charlatan who “achieves his great power by simply opening a possibility for men to believe what they already want to believe.”

left: Dasuki; right: Pres Buhari In a criminal proceeding, a defendant is given the right to remain silent. In the USA, they call it ‘Fifth Amendment’. It is a protection against self-incrimination. Moreover, it is adjudged that a defendant cannot be a witness against himself.

first left: Alex Otti; centre: Chibike Amaechi and his wife It is only in Nigeria and a few African countries that politicians finance their elections with their personal funds. Hence, if you don’t have some millions (funds) in your bank account, nobody will consider you electable.

Since President Buhari was inaugurated as Nigeria's president on 29/May/2015, he has made a total of 17 foreign trips.  According to his aides, the reasons for Buhari’s frivolous travels include; seeking - international assistance in the war against Boko Haram; Foreign direct investment (FDI); reparation of looted wealth by unscrupulous government officials; etc.

Nigger as the 'son of God' - the new face of Jesus Christ   Today being 25th December is Christmas, the day Christians all over the world traditionally celebrate the supposed birth of Jesus Christ – the ‘son of God’. However, the celebration of Christmas has gone from marking the birth of Christ to the expectations of Santa’s gifts.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia was quoted to have said; "to forgive the terrorists is up to God, but, to send them to Him is up to me". Even though President Putin may not have made that statement, this is one of such online statements that the author remains unproven, but has gone viral.

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II A few days ago my son screamed – daddy…, before I could respond I heard the same scream (daddy) coming from his iPad. Then I asked him; what was that? He laughed and replied; it’s Talking Tom, it repeats everything anybody says. It can even speak Igbo language – speak to it, he ‘commanded’.

Carbon Emission Perpetually airborne President Buhari has flown into Paris from Malta to join other world leaders for the Conference of Parties 21 (COP21) on climate change – a discussion on how to stop our climate from changing.  Sometimes these ‘animals in human skins’ (apologies to Fela Kuti) will not stop amusing me. Do they need to gather in Paris in order to stop the climate from changing?