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Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

Sixty-Six Seasons of Scandalous Scams and Slavery

Nigeria is celebrating her 66th Independence anniversary, and it can best be seen as a ceaseless sojourn in scandals, scams and slavery. The leader of...

The Elite Build Wealth While The Masses Trade Tribalism: Nigeria’s Tragic Political Script

In the theater of Nigerian politics, the elite have mastered the art of scripting a play where the masses are not just spectators but...

Stop The Showboating: Nigerian Leaders, Do Your Job!

In today’s Nigeria, governance has become a circus of self-promotion. From the Presidency to local government councils, our leaders seem more obsessed with applause...

Leadership insights: 40 minutes with Governor Oyebanji (1

I recently had the honour of visiting Ekiti State, where I embarked on a self-guided tour to explore the projects completed or underway by...

The Ibadan Stampede: A Tragic Reflection on Our Value for Human Life

The festive atmosphere at a funfair held on December 18, 2024, in Ibadan’s Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, turned into an unimaginable tragedy when...

A Nation of Pawns: While the Elite Build Legacies, the Masses Trade in Tribalism

In Nigeria today, the political elite are engaged in a strategic game of legacy-building, forming alliances that transcend tribal and religious boundaries. These partnerships...

Osun 2026: Crossroads and Consequences (2)

For those who care to know, the July 16, 2022 event marked a political Armageddon for some individuals in Osun APC. On that fateful...

Cultural Supremacy: The Silent Threat Tearing Nigeria Apart

Nigeria’s cultural and traditional diversity is one of its greatest assets, yet it is being weaponized in a toxic quest for supremacy that threatens...

Selective Amnesia or Convenient Criticism? Mike Ozekhome’s View on Tinubu’s ‘Yorubanisation’ Falls Flat

Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, recently blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari for setting a precedent that has allegedly allowed...

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Rebranding Nigeria’s Cities

A conceptual gap still exists in the understanding of the principles and practices of place branding amongst Nigeria's many state and local government officials...

Edo State, Osunbor And The Restituted Seat Of Power!

We have sympathized with Oserhiemen Osunbor. It is unfortunate that as a law professor, he is unable to read and understand the March 20th tribunal’s judgment that was delivered live on radio and television against his "mandate" in Edo State government House...

The Black Consciousness Movement in South African Literature (2)

Perhaps the antecedents of any serious modern black South African literary production could be located in the fifties when political repression was at its most physically visible...

The Babangida File

Babangida's vainglorious doings, self-promotion, dark charisma, magnanimity, generosity and even democratic credentials met a huge collision in June 12 annulment of Chief MKO Abiola's presidential victory and the assassination of Dele Giwa. His irruption into infamy, which manifested in his denial of Abiola's biggest achievement, cleaved this nation into warring tribes of implacable proportion...

The Paradox Of Nigerian Politics

Does Nigeria have any laws concerning the limit of contribution party members can make? Is it being enforced? Who is responsible for the enforcement and how is it being done?

What manner of representation is this?

Can any Nigerian among the many who are daily buffeted by sundry poor service providers ever walk into the office of any parliamentarian anywhere in the country and get heard and helped in any way? Do most Nigerians even know the constituency offices of their so-called representatives?

Street Tales of a President’s Death

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 about the implication of the President’s demise...

Questions…

Whether stupid people like us believe it or not, the anti-corruption fight is on, from the No 3 man down. This administration is clearly committed to fighting corruption to a standstill! But one thing I have learnt is never to completely trust Baba Sege. That man is so cunning that like the proverbial witch-rat, he bites and blows air at you at the same time...

Frantz Fanon, Umaru Yar’Adua, and the ‘Workers’ in the Niger Delta

Does anybody know President Umaru Yar’Adua’s mailing address? I know he’s in Aso Rock but what’s the P.O.Box or the P.M.B.? I have a gift for him: a brand new copy of the last edition of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth...

Supreme Court Silence: A Judgment Without Words?

The silence of Nigeria’s Supreme Court over the Certified...