You know the old saying - "if at first you don't succeed..." Well obviously, it's harder to practice than to understand. Nevertheless, persistence does have its rewards - and a case in point is the eventual triumph of Malam Bacai Sanha who has succeeded in his third bid to become the elected president of Guinea-Bissau, and who took office just a week ago.

Sanha had been president before in 1999, but only in a caretaker capacity. He did run for president in the elections to choose...

Okay my people, let me ask y'all this question. 'How difficult can it be to be the President of Nigeria'? I ask this question because President Umaru Yar'Adua has been a 'Lame Duck' president for almost a year now, hiding behind the escuse of the Election Petition that was recently concluded at the Supreme court. One would have thought that the fact that his election was being disputed by his political opponents would have given him the impetus to make earth shattering moves to convince nigerians...