Adebayo Adejare

Adebayo Adejare writes from the US of A.

Nigerian Ex-Dictators Parry Prosecution, Ambush Democracy

The Youths of Nigeria have never really known and may never know true democracy...

Ibrahim Babangida: Presidential Candidate Or Fugitive From Justice?

Common Sense should have told Ibrahim Babangida, head of the illegal Military junta that ruled Nigeria 1985-1993, that his current image-laundering exercise in the guise of Presidential Contest is no solution to his problem with Nigerians...

Zik, Onoh And An Elusive Anambra Gubernatorial Ambition

To many Nigerians, Zik was an enigma. Richly endowed by Deity with an array of talents, Zik could rightly be described as a man who came before his time.  To us in Lagos, Zik was one of us. He spoke Yoruba Language fluently. He was brought up in Lagos...

A Night Out With TOS Benson

Despite military dictatorship, Chief Benson exuded courage objectivity and independence. He used full-page paid advertisements to express his views on crucial National Matters so that you could not be in any doubt where he stood on those issues...

Deja Vu (3): Nigeria Will Make It – Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu At His Best

Like him or hate him, Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu would forever remain an enigma in the Nigerian political horizon. One easily forgets that this great Nigerian was a career Civil Servant...

Déjà Vu (2): The Wisdom Of Our Elders And Their Curses

Azikwe and Awolowo were the greatest leaders our Nation ever produced. Both deserved to lead the Nation for whose independence they had put their lives on line, but neither got the chance despite being well educated and greatly talented...

Déjà Vu (1): Their World Of Riches And Sprays

Buhari's intervention ended up making things worse because his successors shamelessly looted Nigeria blind. I hope Nigeria does not end up in an endless cycle of misrule by the same cabal either in uniform or out of it...

2007 Elections: Leading Nigerians From The Depths Of Despair To The Threshold Of Hope

Our problem is not just with learning to live the democratic way of life. Democracy is not the answer to all our national travails though it is the magic wand to some. Our problems are more fundamental. After all Countries like China are not democracies yet they thrive...

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