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Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

Sixty-Six Seasons of Scandalous Scams and Slavery

Nigeria is celebrating her 66th Independence anniversary, and it can best be seen as a ceaseless sojourn in scandals, scams and slavery. The leader of...

The “Emergency Landing” Narrative Collapses Under Basic Aviation Logic

The assertion that a Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft “made an emergency landing” inside Burkina Faso continues to unravel with every new layer...

Insecurity: Again, how did we get to this pass? (2)

A school of thought contends that Nigeria’s current crisis is rooted in three interrelated factors: the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, the expansion of Sharia...

Insecurity: Again, how did we get to this pass? (1)

The roots of the current crisis stretch deep into the past. To truly discern these origins, one must look all the way back to...

The Truth Nigerians Must Face: If The State Cannot Protect Us, Shouldn’t We Be Allowed To Protect Ourselves?

Nigeria is standing at a dangerous crossroads. Whole communities have been erased by bandits. Highways that once bustled with commerce have become corridors of...

Terrorists Kill 50, Get 20 Years — Oshiomhole Says What Judges Don’t Want Nigerians To Hear

Senator Adams Oshiomhole has ignited a national debate that Nigeria can no longer afford to ignore. Speaking during a live interview on Channels Television,...

Tinubu Claims “Restraint Is Not Weakness” — But Does This Ring True In A Country Where Insecurity Is Deepening Daily?

When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared, “Those who want to test our resolve should never mistake our restraint for weakness,” he intended it as...

Sheikh Gumi: The Insecurity In Nigeria’s Security

Too many enigmas strut humanity’s daily existential corridors. These enigmas resist definition or comprehension in their most basic forms. There is no society without...

A Tale Of Two States

Charles Dickens, in his classic novel A Tale of Two Cities, contrasted the turbulent similarities and differences of London and Paris during a time...

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Nigeria’s Strange Business of Corpses

I’m deeply troubled by what appears to me to...

The Oral Tradition: Performance and the Revival of the Book

The naturally gifted poet of African extraction who is well steeped in his culture would always find the four corners of a page too limiting. Performance allows the words to grow legs, gives imagery colour and lends credibility to the position taken. The book suddenly comes alive for the reader!

Developing Nigeria’s Economy: The New Challenges Of Industry Policy-Making

Through industrialization, developing nations aspire to achieve higher economic growth, and to eventually attain developed nation status. Yet, it remains doubtful whether the approach of industrial policy-making in developing countries has indeed been successful in transforming their economies...

Saint Augustine of Hippo and Fela Anikulapo Kuti

There are some interesting developments between Nigeria and Algeria...

Why Nothing Will Come From The Fuel Subsidy Probe Report

With the cacophony of voices emanating from the quarters of President Goodluck Jonathan’s government on the reports of the House of Representatives probe into the scam that was conveniently dubbed fuel subsidy, Nigerians are getting round to the reality that no tangible action would be taken against the crooks that benefitted from this huge scam...

The Oldest Man In The World Is A Nigerian

The white man can never get tired of discovering...

Ndigbo as Migrants in Nigeria?

Three years ago, I travelled to the United States...

MASSOB Leader: Before The Court Date

To the millions of Ndigbo and many Nigerians, Uwazurike is nothing less than a peaceful revolutionary whose gospel of non-violent change is something that must be hearkened to...

Obasanjo: From messiah complex to strongman syndrome

Obasanjo can be likened to Hun Sen of Cambodia, who is seen as a complex personality: a charming diplomat, an eloquent poet, unforgiving to his enemies, ruthless in battle with a thirst for power but simple tastes...

Journalists on SSS radar…

Look at the predicament of the Nigerian-American columnist and professor who came home recently. The security people seized both his passports and asked him to report for an interrogation. When he showed up, the SSS made him understand that his name was on a watch list simply because the government of Umaru Yar’Adua did not like him...