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Osun Election: Victory For The People

The result of the just-concluded governorship election in Osun State still resonates across the country at deafening decibels. Everybody is celebrating the Accord Party’s...

Osun election: Between hope and fear

Hope springs eternal, and with elections just days away to determine the next governor of Osun State, we should strive to keep the hope...

President Tinubu’s Recent Lines of War

President Bola Tinubu recently set Nigeria’s political spaces on fire by declaring that “all is fair in politics”. According to the president, killing, cheating,...

Mis-representation of the elected representatives

Nigeria as a nation has been witnessing mis-representation of elected politicians since 29th of May till the present set of representatives that we hope will start the foundation of a new Nigeria...

Ndi’Igbo: No Justification For Uwazuruike To Throw Bomb

Ndiigbo are beginning to question his intelligence and integrity and are saying that he should stop flip-flopping as a leader. If he needs some psychoanalysis, he should tell Ndiigbo because he was supposed to understand that MASSOB and Boko Haram are at parallel lines, which means that they should never be compared nor equated...

Bombs as wages of complacency

President Goodluck Jonathan reportedly said: “Terrorists will aim at the top. If they can bomb the President, they will do it.” He was spot on. Boko Haram have never disguised the fact that they would kill the president or the governor of a state if they could...

Defining Achievement, Performance and Humility of Nigeria’s Political Class

I am personally of the belief that contemporary challenges of development in Nigeria demand a critical and deliberate re-invention of the philosophy of governance and political leadership which must reflect a profound understanding of the very great tasks ahead of us as a nation and as a people...

Institutional Building for National Development

For us to get started in our quest for solid national development, we need to build sustainable and strong institutions. We need strong institutions for service delivery, government efficiency, strong policy and programme implementation...

Orji Won, But A Defeated Governor

There is nobody distracting Orji in developing Abia. Only insincerity is distracting him. How could a governor say that he does not need distraction because people went to the court?

Mis-Governance in Nigeria: Causes And Cures!

In a constitutional democracy, accountability is owed to the electorate by all persons in government but Nigerians have had their voices caged for so long now...

Amaechi's Consolidation OF The Projects

Another item on Governor Chibuike Amaechi’s menu as the Rivers State governor is the consolidation of the projects he started in his first tenure in office and their sustainability...

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My New Year Resolutions for 2008

In the first week of January 2007 more than a dozen friends asked what my New Year resolutions were going to be. I had none...

Wole Soyinka, An Enigma, at 70

Any genuine celebration of Wole Soyinka must take into account the divergent facets of his art and person that lend him his unique personality and enigmatic status...

Dan Brown’s Universe Of The Turning Wheel

We are already reaping the disastrous consequences of Anti-Christ literature as we helplessly watch youngsters shoot their class-mates, parents and innocent passers-by...

Key transparency and accountability initiatives in Edo state

Nigeria has a national anti-corruption strategy which is currently...

Naija Notes: Will an Igbo man ever rule Nigeria?

Until Igbo politicians stop acting funny and trusting the North much more than they have to, that which they seek will continue to elude them...

Jonathan Deserves Acting President!

The illness that trouble President Umaru Yar'Adua has deterred the prosperous condition of Nigeria's military might, economic operations, and diplomatic relations...

Day Dele Momodu Made Me Live Above My Means

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The Nigerian Front: An Unaffordable Deficit

We of The Nigerian Front are gravely concerned about the state of our nation stemming from the current prognosis of the recently signed budget.  The budget indicates that greed continues to dominate the polity as our resources are being mismanaged...