Like everything Nigerian, opposition is dead. The tragedy of my country is not the actions of bad men; it is the silence or disorganization of good ones that makes our …
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The long arm of political corruption has caught up with Oyo State. The evils of the politics of one man are now playing themselves out. What I am worried about …
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The long arm of political corruption has caught up with Oyo State. The evils of the politics of one man are now playing themselves out. What I am worried about …
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The problem with you Nigerians is that you act as though you are smart, or smarter than my boss. You act as though you know it all. You act as …
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From what Tinubu is doing with Lagos it is certain that he is a good manager, user, protector and projector of power. He exemplifies the generation of politicians that realize …
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Prior to Professor Soludo’s tenure, Nigeria spent 100 Million US Dollars annually importing the Naira. A revived Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company has now ensured that this is no …
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Since no one is listening to the grievances and genuinely addressing the concerns of the Niger Delta, perhaps it is time Niger Deltans change position and strategy. Something needs to …
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Nigeria is riding on the back of a tiger right now and the country might, in the fullness of time, end up in the stomach of that tiger if care …
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Nigeria is riding on the back of a tiger right now and the country might, in the fullness of time, end up in the stomach of that tiger if care …
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If the state elects to break the law, the citizenry, in who resides the ultimate sovereignty, is being implicitly invited to break the law. Civil society has been shown by …
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If the state elects to break the law, the citizenry, in who resides the ultimate sovereignty, is being implicitly invited to break the law. Civil society has been shown by …
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We have come a long way as a nation of indifferent people. So much have we been wallowing in indifference that we are taken as fools or worse still, as …
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I was going to write this article under a pseudonym, the reason being that the ‘coward’ in me may not just be quite ready to defend amongst friends and colleagues …
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It is difficult to score Nigeria high in the international community as a result of the efforts of change agents and reformers such as Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, Nasir El-Rufai, Oby Ezekwesili and Charles Soludo, …
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Some essayists and public commentators proffer solutions after they’ve pointed out the problems. Not me. Oh no, not me. There is something about proffering long-distance solutions that just doesn’t sit well …
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Adedibu was more honest about his mission of embezzlement: “Ladoja is too greedy. He was collecting N65 million as security vote every month. You know that governors don’t account for …