“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” This quote is attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who wrote extensively about the notion and importance of …
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“Unemployment, underdevelopment and poverty everywhere in the land. Our people are living like animals; we cannot even rear our children” – Source Unknown. “Quite frankly, the war against Corruption is …
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This is not an academic or professional article about what IGR or taxes are. We already know what they are and the role they play in governance in any country. …
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“There is not a truth existing which I fear or wish unknown to the whole world.” – Thomas Jefferson “When it comes to the truth, the real bias is thinking …
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This might prove to be the foundation for a new, effective and efficient policing system in Nigeria. We will get there one day. It is certainly an improvement, forward-looking action …
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I’ve always liked this Somerset Maugham quote: “I do not believe myself to be a vindictive man; but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter it is …
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I was as usual browsing the noted and respected Sahara Reporters website when I came across a Petition/Press Release by a group named Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) who …
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“Just as it is impossible not to taste the honey or the poison that finds itself at the tip of the tongue, so it is impossible for a Government servant …
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To be your own worst enemy: to cause most of your problems or most of the bad things that happen to you yourself, because of your character. A few years …
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If my leaders tell me the “treasury is (virtually) empty” and I look around me and across the country, and I see progress and development, upliftment, empowerment of the masses; …
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Or (Why The Noise? Buhari is not the Best in Nigeria) “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”. George Bernard Shaw “Change …
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One of our problems as a people, as a society, is our intrinsic inability to be sincere, even with ourselves, and from this derives dishonesty, which leads to corruption, deceit, …
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As we move closer to handover day to a brand new Federal Government of Nigeria on 29 May 2015, with a mixture of optimism and trepidation, if Nigerians (whether you …
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Ever since Nigeria’s Independence in 1960 and becoming a Republic in 1963, the country seems to have been living on the edge; living dangerously, like the adrenalin-junkies of the extreme …
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I was a proud witness and participant in the historic election victory that has now ushered the All People’s Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Gen (Rtd) Muhammadu Buhari to power on …
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Nigeria Election 2015! There have always been some asinine, farcical and insincere features to the politicking and electioneering in Nigeria, even long before the real election times. Nothing has ever …