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October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...
On his campaign train, GEJ didn’t promise the earth and Nigerians aren’t expecting heavens from him. Before the bombs began to explode nationwide, Nigerians had constant electricity as the top priority for the government. But now, their request has changed...
Now for the uncommonly wealthy and powerful like the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, the Police, EFCC and the SSS treated him like a victim of sadistic justice system in Nigeria. The guy was accused of stealing N10billion public money and none of the arresting agencies had the courage to handcuff, beat, abuse or ill treat this high profile thief...
To tackle the problems of this country is to tackle the problem of bad leadership and to tackle the problem of bad leadership is to tackle the cults squarely. There is no better way any Nigerian leadership can signpost success...
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When people talk about closure in relation to the death of a loved one, I often wonder what clear signs are there to show to the bereaved that they have finally found closure. Does finding closure mean that the pain of losing that person no longer exists...
Sam Omatseye’s recent commentary on the Awolowo family - “Awo Family Without An Awo” - has generated quite a furor. Scores of Yoruba people have written letters to the Tribune editors and to online media outlets, castigating Omatseye for the supposed disrespect of the Awolowo family...
There are many political opportunists who do not wish to jeopardize their chances of appointments to ministerial posts, so they keep quiet and watch the decline. These Nigerian tragedians, excelling in gravitas, will soon join the army of ex-this and ex-that...
My dear brothers and sisters of the National Assembly, the only contribution I can offer now to my great country is through my pen. This is our fatherland. You have to be happy with enough, and know what to believe and what to ignore...
There is no gainsaying the fact that those who had initially doubted the capacity of the Yar'Adua administration in improving the lot of ordinary Nigerians and moving the country forward are having a second view...
What kind of confidence are we talking about here when the entire world is watching a nation that is not bold enough to tell itself the hard truth? Confidence while the criminals who used the Capital Market as their platform to steal trillions are yet to be arrested and brought to face the law?
We fought for the masses by increasing the pump price of petroleum and decreasing that of kerosene. But somehow, some rascals in the ministry forged my signature. Now, I think kerosene is costlier than fuel. Allah, wallahi, I swear, I will see to it that the pricing in reversed very soon...
Finally, the senate has confirmed the appointment of the 13 ministers whose names were sent to it by the president for ratification after two weeks of screening...
A base philosophy of life is an important driver. What we have now is that which says, ‘steal before others get to it, cheat before you get cheated and that money buys you everything including the death of those you do not agree with’. We need structural change in Nigeria, something a revolution may not even deliver...
Culture is a dress that people wear and you have to get beneath that dress, beneath that physicality and look at what really matters, the things that endure which we cannot see...
I have never heard a non-Nigerian, and in particular, an American, describe visiting Nigeria in glorious terms and in the most wonderful ways in which Mr. Bannen did...
In recent times, our mail boxes are inundated one time or the other with tons of urban legend messages that heed us to watch out for rat faeces-infested coke cans, poisonous spiders in airport conveniences or HIV-infected pins at cinema hall seats...
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