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Hello! Be Wise As The Campaigns Begin

Barring any divine intervention, and never ruling out the unpredictability of the cosmic regime, the 2027 general elections in Nigeria will be held. The...

Nigeria Is Dying In Bondage

The calls came to me in quick succession - from the United States and some cities in Nigeria - concerning the health and accommodation...

Osun Election: Victory For The People

The result of the just-concluded governorship election in Osun State still resonates across the country at deafening decibels. Everybody is celebrating the Accord Party’s...

Gov. Jang's Incompetence and the Politicization of The Jos Crisis

According to a newspaper report, total calm is still yet to return to Jos. It is for this reason that all hands must be on deck to find a lasting solution to the crisis which has led to the loss of many lives...

The Delta State Is Safe!

Human security will not be achieved without protecting people in conflict and post-conflict situations, shielding people forced to move, eradicating poverty, ensuring universal primary education, guaranteeing basic health service...

History Lesson 101: “Lugard And Colonial Nigeria – Towards An Identity?”

I am again merely reproducing this fine piece that throws more light on the feud and rivalry between our colonial administrators and which seem to have been passed down to us, and is the causative of most of the ethnic distrust and problems that still exist in Nigeria today…

History Lesson 101: “Lugard And Colonial Nigeria – Towards An Identity?”

I am again merely reproducing this fine piece that throws more light on the feud and rivalry between our colonial administrators and which seem to have been passed down to us, and is the causative of most of the ethnic distrust and problems that still exist in Nigeria today…

Ribadu's Dismissal By The PSC Is Unfair

In as much as I agree with the position of the Police Service Commission (PSC) that Mallam Nuhu Ribadu's conduct in recent times fell below expectation, the PSC was not fair in its resolution...

At Daggers Drawn: Progressive Mallams Conservative Alhajis

In Mallam Ribadu’s calendric experience, December, rather than April, has to be the cruellest month...

Despite The Supreme Court Verdict, Who Owns That Vote? Buhari! Atiku! Yar’Adua!

With its countless individual fibers of bribery, favour and nepotism, crooked politicians hijacked the government, the Yar'Adua government was the PDP party, and neither could function without the other...

Omoyele Sowore's Saharan 'Rebellion'!

For an ill-informed first-time visitor to the 'SaharaReporters' website, the conclusion may be drawn to the effect that 'SR' has a standard editorial policy that wilfully and maliciously prescribes chiefly the embarrasment of the President...

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Who wins Osun governorship election?

In 2018, I wrote a piece on the then...

What Sekibo Amaechi should do to each Other

No matter what, I will like Sekibo to sheathe his sword. He should understand that our state is bigger than anybody or group. Amaechi should as well sheathe his sword, if there’s any...

Restoring Health To The Agenda, A Matter Of Life And Death (2)

In this piece, as a network of Nigerian public health professionals, we put forward our analyses of some of the issues that should be paramount in the health agenda for the next 4 years...

Jega’s Farce and A Nation’s Tragedy

The shambolic conduct of the governorship election in Anambra State has revved to the fore the need for a credible electoral system that audits the leadership selection process of our troubled country...

Iran's Unchallenged Progress to the Nuclear Club: A Threat to World Peace

Iran has now a presence in space! She has launched her first two-stage satellite into orbit. A situation that has put the new administration in Washington on the defensive...

If You Obasanjo Me…I Will Atiku You!

What do we do about these two men who have decided to blindly pursue their own selfish goals without minding the calamity that will befall the nation?

Plane Crashes, Corruption and the National Security of Nigeria

Once in a while, a plane will crash somewhere in the world. This was exactly what happened in Nigeria on Sunday, September 17, 2006, when a military plane crashed. As much as one endeavors to rationalize that the plane crash was an unfortunate incident, there is a tempting desire to probe more...

Naming the Unnameable: A Memorial For Ebereonwu

The story of Ebereonwu who was born as Paul Obinali Ebereonwu is one that reads like a classic legend. It is the story of a young man who sought to conquer the world by pursuing his professional interest in remarkable ways...

An Unexpected Phone Call

A phone call from the Vice President was the last thing I was expecting. It was the last thing I ever expected...

President Jonathan, His Unbridled Tongue and South West Rascals

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan clearly went out-of-line with his utterances. While his camp might do damage control by claiming that he was quoted out of context, had a slip of tongue or used the wrong word to express what he had on his mind; many Nigerians are now watching the president very closely...