Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- " A fruit, as they say, does not fall far from its tree. And when we develop the habit, and savour the taste, of throwing ourselves into a fray, we run the risk of becoming what a judge once described as busybody and meddlesome interloper!"

The raging controversy over the naming or renaming of some bus stops in Lagos is, in my view, a non-starter. There are many more serious matters to engage our attention than the ordinary naming or renaming of bus stops - of all places! How does that put food on anyone's table? How does it affect the price of a litre of fuel or help firm up the Naira against foreign currencies? How does it bring down the soaring cost of foodstuffs and medicaments or crash PHCH tariff and their Band A...