Nigeria, May 22 -- Sometimes, when you hear people who ordinarily should be referred to as elders (with the wisdom widely believed to be associated with that appellation) speak, you shudder and wonder if truly elderliness connotes wisdom.

Babachir Lawal's recent outburst and rants of half-truths and outright falsehood about President Tinubu's recent visit to Rome for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV as the 267thPontiff of the Roman Catholic Church leave much to be desired. His assertions, which smack of denominational jealousy, were products of political mischief taken too far.

To say that"You know that going to see the Pope is just a matter of your lobby. How well you can lobby, how many friends you have out there in the Vatican that c...