Miscellaneous

A Hospital For Chima Ubani

In this sad season in Nigeria I got filled with so much joy when the news reached my end that Abia State Governor, Dr...

The Insult That Led to the Creation of Osun State

Osun State was created thirty-five years ago, but what if I told you the state was born, indirectly, from an insult. Yes, really. In 1945, Chief...

Nigerian Style Of Football

We played the game. It entailed any number of men or women running about kicking any roundish object. We had no special name for...

A New Year Message to Everyone

As the new year 2018 rolls in, there will be no significant difference in it from its predecessors. I seldom make New Year resolutions!...

Respect and Abuse!

In today's Nigerian (and most African) society with everything going, from politics to terrorism to religious and ethnic intolerance and corruption of epidemic proportions,...

Nigeria and the General Theory of Relativity

Stormy petrel of Ibadan Politics, Adegoke Adelabu, in his political Manifesto, Africa in Ebulition, stated that he wanted to do for Politics what Albert...

 Of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Ibrahim Babangida

There are some interesting coincidences between Spain and Nigeria in respect of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB). Ignatius of Loyola was...

Galileo Galilei, Bolanle Ambode and Italy

There are some interesting developments between Nigeria and Italy. Firstly, the Italian Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa on February 15, 1564 and 400 years...

Of Obafemi Awolowo and Yemi Osinbajo

Obafemi Awolowo and Yemi Osinbajo were  both  born in the month of March. Awolowo on March 6 1909 and  Osinbajo, March 8 1957 respectively. Awolowo...

Of Donald Trump, Lagos State and Russia

Donald Trump President Elect of the United States, the world’s richest country and Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos, Nigeria’s Richest State, were both born on...

Between Russia and Nigeria: of Vladimir Lenin and Gani Fawehinmi

In 2002, Google's co-founder opined that Russia is Nigeria with Snow because of the problem of corruption. Perhaps he could have said Russia is...

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EIA Process for WAGP Project: Concerns over Compliance with Policies and Applicable National Regulations

The flawed EIA process for the on-going WAGP is not an isolated case. It is a confirmation of the EIA practice in Nigeria, which is characterised by corruption and infraction of environmental legislation and regulations...

The Forward Never Soldiers

This morning I was constipated and guess whose fault it was? Sure you got it! My local government chairman! I don't know who he is but I chose conveniently to blame him. Why should I take the blame for overdosing on my own gluttony?

The Canards of Continuity and Change

In less than two weeks, Nigerians will unveil a...

Evangelical Rascality and the Fallacy of Faith Apologetics in Nigeria

One of the cardinal issues strangulating religious harmony in Nigeria is the deliberate and sometimes ignorance-propelled fanaticism that has eaten deep into the psyche of some faithful both within Christendom and Islam, the two major religions in Nigeria...

Nigerians Giving Birth and Dying Abroad

There are no known studies or data set to enable one make a definite pronouncement on the issue of Nigerians who go abroad to give birth or those who go overseas to seek medical care - only to die in transit or die in foreign hospitals...

‘We Must Get The Nigeria Project Right’ – Pat Utomi

‘Prof. Utomi stands heads and shoulders taller than all the candidates who are currently jostling for Nigeria’s top job, in terms of integrity, character and intellectual assets’

Nigeria’s September of Shipwrecks

This September, I was determined to scour for signs...

Reserve Currency Supremacy: Why Euro Lost to Dollar

Being a carefully orchestrated dollar coup against the Euro, it is understandable why rather than Europeans celebrating, it's now Americans who are celebrating the euro crisis. Not by ordinary Americans and British, but by respected Washington insiders...

This Nation, The Crying People And The Crowned Order

We are intoxicated with politics. The premium on political power is so high that we are prone to take the most extreme measures in order to win and maintain political power...

Obj: The Secular President Who Courted The Sharia Governor

Whatever might be the reasons for the choice of Yar' Adua, It has further impressed upon Southern Nigerians that the Northerner's words and requests amount to law...