Miscellaneous

The Death Penalty For Fakers And Forgers

A dangerous, corrosive wind of fakery, forgery, and identity misrepresentation is currently hovering over Nigeria, threatening to tear down the country's moral, institutional, and...

Bart Nnaji, Okey Ndibe & African Commentary Magazine

“Publishing is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.” -...

Akin Ogunbiyi: 64 years of quiet conviction

Saturday, September 12, was a special day for the family, friends, and well-wishers of Dr. Akinade Akanmu Ogunbiyi, as the charming leader marked the...

Of Albert Einstein and Wole Soyinka

There are some strange developments and coincidences happening between Germany and Nigeria, particularly as it concerns Albert Einstein and Wole Soyinka on the one...

Of Dora Akunyili and Angela Dorothea Merkel

The late Dora Akunyili, then Nigerian Senatorial  Candidate and Angela  Dorothea Merkel the Present German Chancellor do have some interesting things in common. Dora is...

Of Obafemi Awolowo, Rolake Akinkugbe and Michael Faraday

Obafemi Awolowo, a graduate of the London School of Economics, was a politician  and Head of Government of Western Nigeria. Awolowo founded the Unity...

Saint Augustine of Hippo and Fela Anikulapo Kuti

There are some interesting developments between Nigeria and Algeria in respect of Saint Augustine and Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430A.D), of the present...

Of New York State and Oyo State

There are some interesting developments common between New York State and Oyo State. New York City in New York State is the largest city...

Of California State and Lagos State

There are interesting developments between the United States and Nigeria with regard to California State and Lagos State. California State and Lagos State are bordered...

Soyinka: From California with Love

Thirty-four years back, one Saturday morning, then an undergraduate of the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, a friend (Olatunbosun Oni) and I...

Of Chicago and Ibadan: People and Places

There are interesting coincidences between Chicago in the U.S. and Ibadan city in Nigeria. Chicago and Ibadan were both founded in the 19th century, and they...

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The Servant-Leader

When good governance translate into the measurement of outcomes and effects of public policy execution, as it should be, the government of this nation, led by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, performed below optimal efficiency...

How To Keep Nigeria One In 2015

This article is, to a great extent, inspired by...

A Condolence Letter To Americans: A Tale Of Two Gulfs

Until and unless the United States policy-makers realistically and coolly understand and accept the incorrigible nature of 12th century feudalist and anachronistic systems in those states they aspire to democratize, they will continue to fritter away scare resources and the precious lives...

Ibadan: The Jinx That Cannot Be Broken

Ibadan holds the key to fostering democracy in Nigeria and Africa. If Africans can set standards for their leaders, there wouldn’t be presidents ruling from sickbeds...

Double Tragedy of Poverty and Corruption in Nigeria

By Innocent Edemhanria Nigeria is endowed with abundant natural and...

There May Be Trouble Ahead

There may be trouble ahead, but we should still be hopeful and optimistic for Yar’Adua’s new government...

The Price of Democracy

For too long, the Nigerian people have been held hostage, taken for a ride and forced by the few rich, powerful minority to pay a huge, back-breaking price to sustain a most obnoxious, bastardized system of government...

It is time to form a Yoruba Nation

Unless we want to deceive ourselves or we genuinely fail to see reality then we must accept that the voters that went to the polls last week to decide who should be governors did not only elect their governors. They also used their thumbprint and ballot papers to draw a map that clearly states that the time has come to form a Yoruba nation...

As Democracy Is Backtracked In Nigeria!

It is impossible to control government if you have no idea of what government is.  Today what people generally see as “Government” in Nigeria is not a government at all...

Royal Complicity: How Nigeria’s Traditional Rulers Enable Political Misrule

In Nigeria’s complex political history, traditional rulers have steadily...