Olu Ojedokun

Today, the news is not filled with the reminiscences of Jos or its tranquility but with mindless killings and destructions...

Ribadu’s NIPSS graduation incidence has provided me the basis and resolve, supported with facts and application of common sense to address the scourge of the Yar’Adua presidency...

I hope we will never allow ourselves to be immune to the many factors, the numerous occurrences, moments, occasions and opportunities that allow narratives of inspiration to change the course of history...

I see in the many government actions or inactions rarely any capacity for straightforwardness, directness or transparency.  For it appears it is congenitally incapable of being frank, clear or assertive...

As Nigeria limps towards its 48th year as an ‘independent nation’, I hope I can inspire many patriots, many talkers, many writers and most constructive thinkers that they too can find a way to flourish with their ideas...

The recent times in Nigeria resemble a drama containing scene after scene with no discernable plot or any conclusion in sight.  The Nigerian audience is served and presented with one period of lethargy after another...

It is beginning to appear to me late in the day that President  Umaru Yar'Adua was imposed upon us not because of his ability to transform Nigeria but more for the opportunity to wrong foot and outwit the then Vice President Atiku...

Littered around us, in our very own narrative, in Nigeria and abroad are many hard working Nigerians who are not corrupt and would rather die than visit that road of ruin and destruction...