Public Affairs Analyst

  Last Saturday, August 16, 2025, the Independent National Electoral Commission conducted the backlog of by-elections across 12 states. According to INEC, by-elections were held in 16 constituencies of the Federation, involving two Senatorial Districts in Anambra and Edo States; five Federal Constituencies in Edo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Ogun and Oyo States; and nine State Constituencies in Adamawa, Anambra, Kaduna (2), Kano, Kogi, Niger, Taraba and Zamfara States. These by-elections were caused by the resignation or death of serving members of national and State Houses of Assembly. Similarly, the court-ordered re-run election in Enugu South 1 State Constituency of Enugu State and the Ghari/Tsanyawa State Constituency of Kano State were held simultaneously with the by-elections. I have had the privilege of reviewing the polls on at least three media platforms since Saturday. They are News Central TV, Radio Now 95.3 FM, Lagos and Silverbird TV. Though I was not an accredited observer at t...

  Since creation, man has been an itinerant being. It is against nature to have someone remain on the spot throughout life. Aside from walking around his or her surroundings, human beings like to explore their environment. Travelling, therefore, forms part of human activities. The earliest forms of transportation were animals like horses, camels, and donkeys. We also heard from oral literature that Yoruba hunters and warriors use spiritual means, such as ‘Egbe’ and ‘Kanako’, to travel from one place to another. In one of Lobsang Rampa’s books   (real name Cyril Henry Hoskin, an English author), I learnt about ‘soul travel’.   Apart from animals, other earliest inventions of travelling include the canoe, boat, ships, cart and wagons, before cars, trucks, trains, airplanes, etc. were invented. In summary, there are four universal means of transportation, namely: road, water, rail and air. Nigeria, nay West Africa and indeed the entire continent called Africa needs an inte...