Comparative Analysis of the Nigerian and American Presidencies
Like America, Nigeria is a federation. America has 50 states with Washington DC serving as the federation’s capital. Nigeria has…
President Buhari, Buhariphobics and the World Bank Hoopla
Only an entrenched and implacable Buhariphobic will work himself into unnecessary ecstasy over the comments of the President of the…
Value Change Proposition: Promoting a More Civilized America
Because tenable gun control laws, reflective of advanced civilized societies, will engender safe spaces for those uncomfortable conversations that are…
Negative Energies and Priorities; Negative Results
Negative energy can be found almost everywhere. Negative energy is a concept used in Physics to explain the nature of…
Aso Rock Clinic: A Microcosm of Nigeria’s Healthcare System
You go in for severe headache. Without checking your pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature; without taking fluid…
Buhari is a Dumpster
We shouldn’t castigate those who have genuine criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari. The president will make some unintentional mistakes, but…
“What’s My Name?”: The Brand that Changed How We Viewed Rap from Lagos to London
In 1992, the world of music changed and civility in the arts became a pejorative, as the once unacceptable and…
Anti-North
Anti-North! Remember this phrase! Anti-North! In the Nigerian political universe, this phrase is the new Sheriff in town. It is…
Osi Umenyiora: The Nigerian former Athlete as an Advocate in America
The American dream is real for some, but it does not have to make them hypocrites…athletes, applause. I am watching…
Death of Small Nigerian Businesses
Recently some traders in a certain part of Nigeria marched through the streets, seeking the attention of the governor of…
Biafra: Now that Nwodo is Talking
I will start this report by drawing copious excerpts from Ohaneze President, Nnia Nwodo’s speech last week in Umuahia, Abia…
Viewing a People through New Lens
I am watching a CNN reporter, broadcasting live from Lagos. His location is backdropped by modern buildings, modern cars and…
Looking for oil in the North
A few days ago I was rummaging through some national dailies. One of them, The Guardian of Nigeria, carried a…
How do we get Nigeria Right?
How can we get Nigeria right? It has been 57 years of turbulence. It has been five decades of uneasy…
Nigeria is in Total Darkness
The total darkness experienced by the passengers inbound Nigeria at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, recently was a national…
The Isle of the Living Dead
Wole Soyinka, that brave and brilliant Nigerian of unassailable integrity, wrote himself into immortality. In sequence of words upon brilliants…