Olusegun Fakoya

The dark clouds hanging over the Nigerian nation have refused to lift. However, nature in its extreme kindness continues to shine light over areas of our national life that symbolise supreme decay...

Your actions and behaviour to date has created the impression that your primary concern is far removed from the physical well being of your spouse. Turai, you are also obviously a beneficiary of the monstrosities thrown up by the imperfections of the moribund Nigerian state...

One is saddened by the current constitutional impasse occasioned by the lingering ill-health of President Yar’adua and the spiralling effects of this on the entrenchment of good governance and the eradication of poverty in Nigeria...

Haiti remains a constant site of catastrophe because of its heart-tugging social ills. Poverty remains the chief, also including deforestation, unstable governments, poor building standards and low literacy rates. Or as Professor Richard Olson of the Florida International University puts it, “there is a whole bunch of things working against Haiti..."

Haiti remains a constant site of catastrophe because of its heart-tugging social ills. Poverty remains the chief, also including deforestation, unstable governments, poor building standards and low literacy rates. Or as Professor Richard Olson of the Florida International University puts it, “there is a whole bunch of things working against Haiti..."

Nigeria is supposed to be a country in peace, but it has shed more blood than it did in the course of the ill-fated civil war. Nigerians have died from everything imaginable under the sun. Political banditry, organized crime, repeated insurrections against the state, religious uprisings, police foolishness, neglected roads...

Some great revelations came to light in the history of our nation recently. The vibrant arm of the Nigerian media did a great job in bringing to light some hitherto untold stories. One that touches me tremendously is the sole effort of a Nigerian academician in protesting the inherent injustice in our superficially conjoined nation...

Fellow Nigerians, it has been said that it is really not how long but how well a man lived. Let us dedicate ourselves to the memory of the great man by standing to confront the numerous oppressions and insanities in our national life...