Interviews & Profiles

The Professor Who Gave Me Rehabilitation

A human being can save your life without your knowing it. The way I operated back in time could have led to my utter...

Prof Bart Nnaji As A Sports Superstar

Prof Bart Nnaji is globally renowned for his revolutionary innovations in robotics, e-Design and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He has served as Nigeria’s Power Minister as...

The Homecoming Ties Of Prof Nduka Otiono

The don makes it a point of duty to always come home to Nigeria from his duty post as Director, Institute of African Studies,...

Ismail Dauda: How to be a Police Officer!

The value a society places on the philosophy of service to the nation no doubt influences an individual’s decision to work for his or...

Ekwueme: The Democrat Who Gave Abacha Red Card

The soft, gentlemanly features of Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme belie the heart of steel inside the late first ever Vice-President of Nigeria. Back in...

KO is OK with Ambassador Plenipotentiary & Extraordinary

They no longer make politicians like Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe, otherwise known as KO, the man of timber and calibre. The bombastic man from Arondizuogu in...

Honorary Doctorate for Bob-Manuel Udokwu

It was a day to cherish as the esteemed actor, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, was honoured with a Doctorate Degree in Arts and Culture by Institut...

Bishop Kukah and the Fractured Microcosm

Let me start this rather short Tribute by stating that the story of my contact with Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah and my eventual employment...

Biyi Bandele Who Came In From The Back Of Beyond

He started out as Biyi Bandele-Thomas, and shocked the literary world with his amazing precocity. He was admitted to my alma-mater Great Ife (University of...

Soyinka Strikes 88 in Fine Fettle

Today is the great man’s 88th birthday. Given all the battles he fought over the years, hardly any prophet could have prophesied that Professor Oluwole...

Isoken, The Force of A City

By Nkanu Egbe Benin City was the playground of a little girl, Isoken, who was the daughter of a medical doctor and a market trader. Let...

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The Energy Crisis in Nigeria: Can we stay Afloat or be Drowned by it?

The origin of the Nigerian energy crisis can be linked directly to corruption in the country. It is not that the lack of infrastructure or lack of maintenance that is the key problem here. Nigeria has the resources to make the power outage a thing of the past...

The Fall Of King Mourhino

Mourhino made us feel like we could go to sleep even with our doors wide open, that nothing could happen to us since he was keeping watch...

An Open Letter to President Buhari on RUGA Settlement

Dear Mr. President, “A leader takes people where they want...

The Man Refuses To Die!

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Of The Ogebe Verdict And Electoral Reforms

Since Ogebe and co have ruled that we are all mad to think that the job Iwu did in April even merited a mild rebuke and Yar’Adua has applauded, what then is the essence of electoral reforms?

Ndigbo and Fani-Kayode’s Crass Irresponsibility

Ordinarily, one would have dismissed Fani-Kayode’s vituperations as the ranting of a sick mind because no sane person can celebrate the slaughtering of fellow human beings in their thousands as he did...

Nigeria: A State of Dystopia?

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Interview with IBB

I was military president. I ruled as a dictator and what you must understand then was that I was accountable to myself and not to any House of Representatives or Senate. When you rule as a dictator, the wealth of a nation is considered spoils of war. Bob, what do you do with spoils of war?

Presidential Gaffes and the Hypocrisy of the Media

“I will not go out and campaign again and...

The Rule of Law Must Live

To ensure that the rule of law regime thrives, conscientious, highly learned judges, have the bounden duty to use the law wisely. They enjoy discretionary powers to enable them come to the rescue of the oppressed so that they do not suffer jeopardy from strong, demonic recidivists, who are found living in estates, towns and villages...