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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...

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...

Politics, governance and the value of time

Governance requires effective time management to thrive. Unfortunately, political systems often waste this precious resource, compromising citizens' well-being and national prosperity. As a universal...

“Suffering and Smiling: The Chains Nigeria Wears Willingly”

“You can’t free a slave who is happy in his chains.” Nowhere does this adage resonate more than in Nigeria, where people are shackled...

Nigeria: When Will Enough Be Enough?

 As a popular expression, “enough is enough” conveys multiple meanings that converge under the umbrella of expired patience, prolonged anticlimactic delay, and inevitable exasperation....

The ODA Is The Justice The Ogoni People Seek

Oil is a curse to the Niger Delta region – this catchphrase used by most commentators on the environmental catastrophe in the Niger Delta...

Elected Representatives: Servants or Masters?

“Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child.” - Cicero, 46 B.C. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC),...

Dictatorship of Democracy

Democracy has become a game of blackmail in Nigeria. It is only in Nigeria that some characters are making the mad magic of believing that...

Nigeria’s Forgotten Poor!

“I have heard you loud and clear. I understand the pain and frustration that drive these protests, and I want to assure you that...

Tinubu: Hope Renewed?

Last Sunday, President Bola Tinubu addressed the nation amid #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protests, expressing sorrow over lost lives and urging peace. He defended his economic reforms,...

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In Good Company With Berliners

Berlin is the capital of Germany and beneficiary of one of the most expensive rebuilding projects embarked upon by man since the end of the 2nd world war. The much hyped wonderland promised at the collapse of the Berlin wall 17 odd-years ago hasn’t yet materialised...

Billionaire House Helps

It’s become settled practice: every four years, INEC puts together an obscenely expensive show called “elections.” But the point of the bazaar is to enable the various political parties to exhibit their varying levels of versatility at rigging...

Prospect of a New Nigeria is certain – Dr. Suleiman

…says all hands must be on deck The Director of...

Giant Of Africa, My Foot

Before you pass judgment on me, let me quickly add that I have not given up on Nigeria, but I think it is time we woke up from this slumber to realize that we are sliding deeper and deeper into this abyss...

Election in South Africa

“Politics is business. If we vote somebody in today, tomorrow he will be driving a posh car whereas the people are suffering. My one vote can’t make a difference. So, why bother?”

My Niger-Delta: A Marshall or Master plan?

There is almost nothing anybody can do now about the imbalance that all the years of oil exploration and exploitation has exacted on the ecosystem of the Niger Delta and on her peoples. The only surviving paw-paw tree behind our house in the village just withered and died, just like that...

A Priest’s thoughts on the Nigerian Political Class and the Electorate

Nigeria is at the cross-roads at this time, and every Nigerian ought to be apprehensive. The reasons for this collective apprehension are not difficult to identify; even a new-born child would easily work out that there is something very amiss with Nigeria...

Samuel Colt, Alfred Nobel, Max Planck and A. Kalashnikov: Destroyers of the Human Race

Those who do not know often raise their busy eye-brows, when they hear the truth. Thinkers are encouraged to ignore the ignorant and spread the word...

Kalu and the Season of Partnership

The partnership with Toro-Atlantic Global Limited caused a ceremony in Dubai that attracted the eyes of the crème de la crème in business the world over...

Behold Your Real Oppressors: The Grassroot Demons In Native Attire

Forget Aso Rock. The real horror show isn't always...