The concept of loyalty is a very strange concept. When loyalty is to be tested, the real answer is that may it never be.

My recommendation is a compelling urgency for decentralisation. There is a necessity to decentralise the Police. We are under policed.

who want to benefit from the commonwealth must contribute to the common purse.

There are times we spent money when we shouldn't, the choices we make define the results we get

The unfortunate thing about money is that it always raises suspicion even amongst brothers.

The economy needs a stimulus. We MUST borrow. The notion of debt as a sin or something evil should be reviewed.

As governor of Lagos, I never signed a cheque and never fixed contract prices.

We should have a debt that grows our productivity, we cant borrow to pay salaries. I can borrow to build power plants.

My knowledge of Abuja is not as deep as my knowledge of Lagos.

Actions must have consequences.

The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of institutions.

I got a massive overdose of gamma radiation from the Xerox machine and just printing call sheets, you know? By the time I stepped in front of the camera, I was very comfortable. It was great.

I definitely would never go back to my 20s. The best is yet to come.

I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions.

It's crazy in just the difference it makes turning up to sound check without a hangover.

I loved radio for the music, concerts, parties and to think you could get paid for it.

Our emotions are not transformed by trying harder, but by seeing more clearly.

When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch.

There are terrible living conditions and unhappiness, (even) where everybody is Italian.

We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.