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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...

Osun guber: Lessons from Ekiti (1)

The off-cycle election in Ekiti State, which secured the reelection of the incumbent governor, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO), should be interpreted as a roadmap...

Pastor Adeboye and the Rhetoric of Politics

I have always been fascinated by the evident but veiled alignment between religion and politics. This complex intersection is effectively dramatized by American-born English...

BAO2BAO… and God answered! (2)

To begin with, the messages that flowed in after last Saturday’s publication reflect widespread public support for Oyebanji’s reelection. Virtually all the readers who...

Akara, Corn, And Kuli-kuli: All Hail Remi Tinubu

The recent nationwide outrage against Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, affirms that Nigerians are ungrateful people. Instead of them to grovel, prostrate, and...

When A Nation Can Fund Everything Except Its Future

There is a peculiar tragedy that unfolds in Nigeria every day. It is not announced on television. It is not declared by the President....

BAO2BAO… and God answered! – (1)

Congratulations to Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, aka BAO, on his expected comfortable margin at last Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election. Congratulations are also in...

From Empowerment To Survival: Are We Setting The Bar Too Low For Nigerian Women?

By any measure, Nigeria is facing one of its toughest economic periods in decades. Inflation has remained high, food prices have surged, and millions...

Bola Ahmed Tinubu & Oluremi Tinubu: A Match Made In Heaven—A Husband And Wife Who Think Alike And Read From The Same Script

There is an old saying that successful marriages are built on shared values. If that is the standard, then President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and...

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World Igbo Congress: A Jamboree in a Foreign Land

Many Nigerians have criticized the modus operandi of the WIC, and justifiably so, branding it a jamboree and calling for an end to it. I make haste to associate myself with them...

Nigeria Hunted by the April 2007 Elections!

Since the dawn of multi-partyism in Nigeria 10 years ago, acrimonious and atrocious statements have been the order, unfortunately, more so with a country that has been under military rule for a good part of its existence...

Arunma Oteh vs. The House

With globalization, banking turned into a Ponzi scheme. Like any other Ponzi scheme, bankers were the predators and investors the victims. And in favor of the predators government rigged the game...

Putin on Blueberry Hill: Giving Russia A New Image

Between   now and 2018, one seriously hopes that the Russian Government would have put its anti-racist strategy into good use. It will be a tragedy for the FIFA games if as a result of reckless behaviour by some fans with indefinable characters of hooliganism, African players walk off the field...

The 2015 Elections: There May Be Another Country

The tension is palpable. Naked fear walks through the...

The Dalai Lama and the New South Africa: Today and in Hindsight

Given the circumstances that surrounded the birth of the new South Africa, many had expected that issues of especially liberty, would shape and dictate the trajectory of South Africa's foreign policy...

Support Your Local Sheriff, The EFCC

The fight against corruption is not an easy fight, as I have observed and noted during my travel to Nigeria and interaction with the main players of the fight. The officials charged with this task are forever wary of threats to their lives and the threat of removal if the corrupt persons have their way through lobbying...

Prosperity, Eternity (6): Between Holiness and ‘Prosperity’ Preaching

The so-called prosperity preachers hardly go into what qualifies a man to give unto God. They hardly tell us that God does not really need anything from the sinner but his soul...

Sustain the Aluta, Combat the Lies

In the next few days, our patience will be tested. This government and her sympathizers will begin to plant moles in our midst to create chaos and then kill the protesters. The idea is to discredit the movement...

Women! You don't need a boyfriend!

A woman in her twenties is ripe for marriage from all indications, but it never ceases to amaze me that despite this fact you still find such women talk of boyfriends instead of husbands. They pray to have boyfriends...