Nigerians have a tendency to overinflate things—verbosity, pomposity, and exaggerated egos permeate both personal and public life. We see this play out in how titles are handled: referring to a governor as “Executive Governor,” though the Constitution makes no such provision. People with honorary doctoral degrees go by “Dr.,” and sitting governors continue to style themselves as “Senator.” It doesn’t …

The war between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his reinstated deputy governor, Philip Shaibu seemed unending as Shaibu has thrown tantrums at Obaseki describing him as insensitive to the feelings of the people of the state. Shaibu also called on religious leaders to be mindful of names they give to leaders without assurances that such persons would live to the import …