As Nigeria gears up for the general elections, the atmosphere is getting tenser by the day, with the different Presidential candidates scrambling for a spot to speak at the Chatham  House in London, bringing to the fore questions of who deserves the audience more, the people in Nigeria or the Londoners in Britain. News broke midweek of the death of The Gambia’s Vice President Badara Alleiu Joof after a brief illness in India and the government has since declared 7 days of national mourning.