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Young people are leading a people’s revolution in Algeria and Sudan. Both developments remind us forcefully of the wages of mis-governance, the power of the people to seize control of their own destiny, and the role that the youth can play in a country’s development process. It is encouraging to see that in both countries, we are witnessing the triumph of the people’s will. In Algeria and Sudan, it is Arab Spring (or Winter?) all over, with the people saying No to Repression, No to Dictatorship, No to the abuse of power.

What happened in the United States, at the Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday was phenomenal, historic and inspirational – a truly human story in its grandeur and implications. With a single, final stroke, and a hard stare, Tiger Woods won the Masters, his fifth since he won the first in 1997, 22 years ago. History was made. This was his 81stPGA tour win. His first major title since the 2008 US Open. His fourth Masters green jacket was in 2005. As he wore the jacket again on Sunday, 14 years later, he said: “It fits”. Indeed Tiger, “it fits.”

For indiscretion and sensationalism, on the graves of some notable Nigerian online news platforms will this epigraph be written: “In spite of the professional accomplishments of its founding fathers, this news platform reigned for indecorous reportage of events and status as a tool in the hands of coercers. Although it thrived on the back of the internet revolution, gaining commercial patronage and remunerating relationship for editorial staff, this news platform later died of the shock caused by distrust and outright rejection by the reading public following the discovery of its self-serving agenda.”

There has been disquiet, discomfort and a sort of dark cloud over the political landscape of Nigeria from the moment Atiku was declared a loser. A loser he is indeed!!! He has been making loud groans through the jaundiced mainstream and social media platforms that supported his presidential ambition

This tributary satirical article is reproduced to demonstrate the near universality of the impact of Pius Adesanmi’s intellect among the social, intellectual, political and cultural classes in Nigeria. This article was published on November 6, 2011 on the Nigeriavillagesquare.com platform. May his soul rest in peace

Upon being re-elected, President Muhammadu Buhari endeared himself once again to the citizenry when he promised to show significant improvement in his second term. Buhari had also attributed a great deal of his first term setbacks to a dysfunction in the Legislature where the opposition seem to dictate the content and pace of his change agenda.

In keeping with the promise by President Muhammadu Buhari that governance would not take the back seat in spite of his busy campaign schedules to all the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory leading to the presidential election on February 23, 2019, below are hard facts of promise kept.

Death — the mysterious intruder with cold hands — has struck again. Without any courtesy, it has taken away our literary father — our poet, our novelist and our writer extraordinaire, a man of inspiration and fertile mind, a storehouse of inexhaustible vocabulary, Pa Gabriel Imomotimi Okara, OON. He died four weeks to his 98th birthday.