Talking of political payback and backlash, Nigeria is a timely, if intriguing case-study. So much is now happening, and a lot more is afoot, within the polity and astride the political terrain. Heads are beginning to roll in strange places, and the macabre dance has only just begun!

Prediction: November will numb us all. Watch.

Prediction: December will daze them all. Expect.

Prediction: January will jolt, jam and jettison the jaded last. Believe.

Prediction: The fearless and independent Nigerian Press will swing into its legendary element. Soon, and very soon. By stalling the Freedom of Information bill for all of eight years!, many senators will pay a stiff price.

Prediction: Students will "show dem pepper!" for turning our educational system into a cruel joke, and so heartlessly ruining their combined chances of a better tomorrow. Deep hurt.

As for the masses, electoral power returns with a vengeance...come April, 2007. Many a today gladiator will be on the run, not for office but into political oblivion. Thanks to emerging global cooperation, there will be no hiding place for the fraudsters and looters among them.

Great Part? This is being undertaken by an Olusegun Obasanjo, the Nigerian president and leader of the ruling/dominant political party, PDP! Kudos.

Final Deal: Confessions. Whistle Blowing. Comrade-outting. Mutual Betrayals. Scores-Settling. Some Penitence. Suicides(?). Plea Bargains. Rigged-Amnesty. Sqashed-Amnesty. Media Wars.

And votes....The VOTE....will count again, matter at last! Oh...