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The Impossible Death Of Dele Giwa

It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination of Dele Giwa through a letter bomb delivered to his home, but the departed iconic...

Oyebanji: Beyond BAO2BAO!

​In the experience of Nigeria, focusing largely on the post-1999 return to democracy, second terms have turned out to be a mixed bag. Very...

Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

The cost of life

What is the cost of life to human creation? Health is often neglected when it is supposed to be accorded an important place; a lorry load of people die almost everyday on Nigerian roads; citizens die mostly from preventable deaths...

2011 General Elections: So Far, So Good

The just concluded 2011 general elections in Nigeria have been widely acclaimed to be successful but not without the usual problems, drama and controversies which characterize Nigeria’s elections since independence...

The 2011 General Elections Debates

Nigerian electorates are getting wiser by the day and can no longer be taken for granted. Politicians must learn to come forward and speak on issues that matter most to the voters...

Amaechi’s 2nd Term Without Opposition: Which Way Rivers State?

The people cannot be ruled by force, and tyrants can never be part of democracy. The All Progressive Grand Alliance in Rivers State had said that the April 9 National Assembly elections in the state was marred by massive electoral fraud...

It is time to form a Yoruba Nation

Unless we want to deceive ourselves or we genuinely fail to see reality then we must accept that the voters that went to the polls last week to decide who should be governors did not only elect their governors. They also used their thumbprint and ballot papers to draw a map that clearly states that the time has come to form a Yoruba nation...

For Jonathan, Obasanjo as Parable

Unless the equivalent of a judicial earthquake happens, it is safe to assume that Goodluck Jonathan is going to spend the next four years at the helm of Nigerian affairs. What manner of leader does he plan to be?

‘NYSC 9’ and Yuguda’s Heart of Darkness

Yuguda was reported to have said that the dead NYSC members were destined to die the way and in the circumstance they died. He added that he too was attacked in 1979 when he was a youth corps member serving in Ibadan...

The End of “Amala” Politics in Oyo State

History is the memory of mankind and philosophy of history is the analytical ability of man to distinguish what's correct from what's incorrect. Human beings have the ability to create ways to live better and even change the environment to suit their needs and wants....

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The Save Nigeria Protest March In London, Friday 15th January 2010

Despite the harsh inclement and freezing weather conditions, the Nigerians, from several organisations marched through Central London in an impressive turnout that began as early as 10.30 am, in front of the Houses of Parliament...

Before The 2007 Election Melee…

We mostly allow the most mundane and the most primitive issues swallow and engage our sensibilities, I guess because we still are unsure what we want of ourselves and of those who claim they want to represent us...

Dictatorship of the Progressives

There was a time in in this country when...

Why Amaechi Is Called a Man of Uncommon Courage

Every political leader is 'courageous' to even lead a...

Global War On Terror: A Case of Double Standards

The early January 2015 terror attacks in Paris, the...

Jonathan Goodluck, the Moral Foundation of Good Governance and the Impossibility of Change

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 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria...

The Ghastly Murder of Musician Israel Njemanze In Lagos

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