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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...

Ekiti: Time to silence the guns (2)

Well, much as causation has been attributed to poverty, religious and ethnic extremism and others, it’s time the Federal Government revisited its security architecture...

Ekiti: Time to silence the guns (1)

Thank God Ekiti school children and their teachers who were kidnapped on Monday, January 29, 2024, have now been released and reunited with their...

Nigerian Hunters: the missing link in Nigeria’s Security Structure

Nigerian Hunters: the missing link in Nigeria Security Structure Until Nigeria takes necessary and bold steps to commission a special security agency that is dedicated...

Sanwo-Olu and the pursuit of a social market economy (3)

Once upon a time, growing up in Lagos was akin to living in El-Dorado. Life in Igbosere Road and Lafiaji was tolerable, with good...

Sanwo-Olu and the pursuit of a social market economy (2)

Section 25 of the Nigerian Constitution is explicit on the differences between citizens and settlers. But then, there’s a saying in Ijesaland: ‘Gbogbo ìjesà...

Mr Femi Fani-Kayode’s Disjointed Historical Narrative: A Threat To National Unity

In a recent article in the Sunday Vanguard of January 21, 2024, titled "History, The Coup Of January 15, 1966 And A Tribute To...

Sanwo-Olu and the pursuit of a social market economy – (1)

My discussion about the performance of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu must be put in the context that I met him at Saint Andrew’s Anglican Church,...

Beyond The Armed Forces Remembrance Day Parade

It does appear to me that Nigerians are yet to grasp the deep meaning of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebrated on Monday, January...

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Do Our Politicians Know The Constitution?

People always think politics is a game, but I always beg to differ. It is no longer a game when politicians make political decisions which affect the lives of millions of people, which determines their standard of living, their daily livelihood, their health and wellbeing, their security and in fact the very essence of their being alive...

Niger Delta: Recent Pronouncements by Presidential Candidates

Is Nigeria now ready to genuinely address the deep-seated injustice in the Niger Delta? Or is this all political game, political expediency, a thing of the moment on the part of Muhammadu Buhari, Pat Utomi, Umaru Yar'Adua, and Abubakar Atiku?

It’s Their Country After All…

I really think that success with the United Kingdom immigration appeals process and hopefully in other western countries is based on a simple model, that of reading the grounds for refusal and sufficiently addressing them in your appeal...

The Great Separation and Eternity

The world is hurrying up to the great separation. Meanwhile, death for some could be the first initial step in that coming great separation. Death is a separation on its own but not the great separation...

Diezani Alison-Madueke’s “Arrested Development”

Lord have mercy! It is extremely difficult to begin...

The African 'Big Man'

The African 'Big Man' is not really liked in his country or village, he is however feared. He rules by force and guile. He is a menace...

The Nigeria of Our Making

Ours is not an irredeemable destiny. Nigeria, the sleeping giant, is the key not only to its renascent but also, that of the black man...

Early Warning Signals to The Nigerian Opposition

The present altercation over the registration of the All Progressives Congress should alert the opposition in Nigeria of the type and nature of what to expect as the ruling PDP grapples to extend its rule in 2015...

Why Are Our Children Performing So Poorly In Their Exams?

Examinations no longer are a true or efficient test of an employee's or candidate's ability...and a second class upper degree can go to the highest bidder. It is possible these days to rent other people's brains to write some exams here in Nigeria...

Of Obafemi Awolowo and Yemi Osinbajo

Obafemi Awolowo and Yemi Osinbajo were  both  born in...