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He was perhaps best known for the ‘Udoji Award’ of the mid 1970s, when many public servants received huge salary increases and were also paid lump sums in arrears, following …

Akunyili, despite the initial overwhelming torrent of cynicisms against her taking up the position of the Federal Government’s chief spokesperson, has rather remained undaunted in her stead to continue to …

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 …

Just after the president died, those who took one cheap shot or the other at him and at his family are the very ones now praising him to heaven and …

A sustainable democracy will not result in our country until our leaders work to establish the rule of law, uphold the fundamental rights of the citizens and allow democratic institutions …

It would be an understatement to say that Nigeria currently needs to redeem its image and consequently boost its national profile in the comity of nations…

Destiny, the factor behind the death of the late president Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, is that which also acted itself out in Jonathan’s emergence as the substantive president and the Commander-in-Chief …

If General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma and members of his advisory committee wants to quit, well, they certainly have the right to do so. Their former vocation and hobbies await them…

Is it not the Owu commander that pretended that Sharia was not an Issue and fixated political opportunism over national expediency? We pretend now we have one country, making laws …

The death of any President, a country’s number one citizen is a watershed in the life of any nation. This rare but sometimes inevitable occurrence in the life of a …

It would sound like cliché to be told that local governments are the foundation of democracy, but for Imo State, the truth appears to remain eroded through frequent electoral procrastination…

The President was truly dead. I didn’t know what to feel. Relief or Regret? I rushed out only to be confronted by a group of acquaintances who were passionately arguing …

Mention the name James Onanefe Ibori and many different emotions and impressions flood the Nigerian mind. The man is seen as a personification of arrogance and avarice. He’s perceived as …

By the time the dewy eyes of genuine mourners of late President Umaru Yar’Adua dry up, Nigerian politics will go into over-drive. Political contenders are already flexing their bulging muscles …

We were probably most democratic in pre-October 1960 under the British Colony when the people were more in participation with the national integration. Soon after that, our journey has been …

All Nigerians should be on their guard since the National Assembly has not passed Justice Uwais electoral reform recommendations…