The ongoing turmoil in the Senate regarding the removal of Senator Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) as Senate Whip has taken a new turn, with the senator firmly rejecting a proposed office relocation. Ndume was removed from his position as Chief Whip by Senate President Godswill Akpabio following his outspoken comments about the hardships faced by Nigerians. He was subsequently …

Last Wednesday, Nigeria’s upper parliament became a grammar class where semantics, syntax and structure are examined. His Excellency, the Senate President of Nigeria, Godswill Obot Akpabio, suddenly became an emergency interpreter and lexicographer. Akpabio’s interpreter’s dilemma reminds me of Field Marshal Gerald Templer. A senior British Army officer, Templer was best known for the implementation of strategies that heavily contributed …