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An excellent piece. Reminds me of the Simon Kolawole I used to know.

Like my friend Chxta Nwanze will always say, the greatest undoing in the country is the toothless or perhaps better put - inadequate judicial system. That sad factor, is the fertile ground that Any Government In Power - AGIP (borrowed words of Simon Kolawole, Thisday) thrive on.

Political sycophancy is not peculiar to Nigeria...

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To start, I am not a Rufai fan nor apologist.

In some forum where I have had cause to talk about the race to Aso rock come 2011, I put Nuhu Ribadu and El-Rufai as some of the leading lights for an improved Nigeria.

Of the two, Ribadu easily gets my nod. Both can and may not be extricated from the perpetrated evils of the OBJ administration but they are the lesser evils to contend with.

Rufai's seemingly double-speak...

Prove Babangida Wrong

In an interview with ThisDay, Ibrahim Babangida said he is running for President in 2011 because the next generation is incapable of managing the country. The former dictator said: "Because we have seen signs that they are not capable of leading this country and so we feel we should help them. May be they are not given the proper education that is why."

If we are to take what the retired general says at face value, the first question...

lots of jackin off going tonight!