Sheyi Oriade

Anyone who enjoyed the privilege, or suffered the peril, of having to attend boarding school as part of the process of receiving a secondary education, may recall with good humour, certain episodes which occurred after hours to lighten the mood and provide relief to boarders from the drudgery and homesickness...

Before he came to be more widely known on a national basis, Chief Bola Ige had exercised executive governance over the old Oyo State between 1979 and 1983. At a time when the federated units of the nation were 19 in number and much easier to keep track of...

The president as high representative of the people must begin to adopt a posture of power and authority and project an image of strength and confidence to inspire the people. He must demonstrate the fact that he is not only in command of his brief, but also of his territory...

For the first time in his political career, our newly inaugurated president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, can, from within the opulence of his presidential lodgings, repose and assume pose before a full length mirror, thumb his chest and look his reflection in the eye...

The Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, one of the nation’s most colourful and cerebral legislators in the Federal House of Representatives will not be returning to it as a member when it reconvenes in May...

What an interesting irony it is that the enduring memory indented upon the national consciousness, following the curious decision to celebrate the nation’s half-century of existence as an under-performing post-colonial geographical expression, is the memory of deafening reverberations of death producing explosions...

It is simply not enough for the different geo-political zones within the nation to clamour for occupation of high political office, by their representatives, merely on the basis of federal character alone. Each zone must invest in the development of their preferred candidates...

Being the chosen one in a nation like Nigeria can be fraught with difficulty. The presidency, which to so many is the Holy Grail of Nigerian politics, can quite easily become a poisoned chalice. It is a position which is as prestigious as it is problematic...