TWO approaches to the present security and governance crises have been floated. The one, a Northern approach, was presented to the public by Professor Ango Abdullahi, former VC of ABU and former Adviser to President Obasanjo.

THERE is this story about an era in the forties when an epidemic hit my village. People were dying in great numbers. Medical science was very rudimentary and people were simply bewildered.

WHEN the petrol subsidy strike took place in January this year I was one of those initially opposed to it. Apart from the fact that I take the activities of some non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) with a pinch of salt because they are sponsored agents, I am a genuine believer in deregulation, especially of the petroleum downstream.

If anyone had asked Sanusi Lamido Sanusi three years ago his choice between becoming the Emir of Kano and the Governor of Central Bank; he would have chosen the former. But like Prince Charles of Britain, whose mother, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 1952, and is still going strong, Lamido too must wait indefinitely to pursue his ultimate ambition – which does not include being remembered as a great banker. Banking was just something to do while waiting.

The story of Stephen Keshi and the Super Eagles can be better told next month. EARLY NEXT MONTH.

A bill to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria Act on Wednesday passed through second reading at the House of Representatives.

MANY people have heard of Barrack Obama. Some even believe he is the pre-sident of the United States. But I have news for them all. Barrack Obama does not exist. He is a myth created to deceive the world that Americans are so enlightened they would actually elect a black man as presid-ent.

Traffic is not always a friend. Driving or being driven can be a pleasurable or tortured experience depending on how smooth the roads are and how fast the car can move. Its even better in a car with all the latest buttons and gizmos. I have a rather unladylike love for cars and speed.

The concept expressed by the word ‘family’ and its diverse manifestations in various societies throughout history have been discussed for a long time from different perspectives by anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, historians, philosophers and educators. Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary provides the lexical meaning of ‘family’ which we shall adopt as a working definition.

We urge you to partner with government in some progressive campaigns that promote women’s rights,” President Zuma of South Africa, was alleged to have told members of the United Congregational Church of South Africa in Kwazulu-Natal, whose female members were celebrating its centenary in Ifafa, Kwazulu-Natal’s south coast.