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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...

Osun APC and some hard home truths – (1)

Olajumoke Ogunkeyede is a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State. JMK, as Ogunkeyede is popularly called, was also a chieftain...

The Unending Rivers Political Pattern

The drama in the political space of Rivers State which has taken center stage in the media does not in any way hit those...

Calling for Local Government Elections in Anambra State

Political stakeholders in Anambra State have made a call for the conducting of Local Government elections in the state that prides itself as “The...

Oyebanji and the spirit of Ekiti Parapo

By Adeola Makinwa Two rare political developments in Ekiti State motivated the writing of this piece. The first was the unanimous endorsement of Governor Biodun...

Will Votes Make Any Difference in Edo 2024?

Three scenarios make room for the topic of this week’s discussion. One is from a workshop organised by the Malami SAN-led Ministry of Justice...

Let’s Forge Patriotism In Nigeria

It’s quite easy to be misunderstood once any bloke talks about forging something in this country called Nigeria. There are so many accusations of forgeries...

Dilemma of Unending Promises in Democracy

It is a glorious thing to have a tested leader as the president of a country. It is also a blessing when the president...

Fear of Revolution Is Here

The people who used to shout most about the need for a revolution to happen in Nigeria are now the blokes making many arguments...

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Now that Hosni Mubarak has resigned, would the Americans, Europeans and Israelis support a military dictatorship in Egypt or a thorough democratic transition processes?

The Gift Of Innocence

Chichi, my life is incomplete without you. Make haste, my princess and join the chariots that will ferry us out of this world into the courts of heaven…

Personal Reflections On Our Political Orientation

Dear Reader, before you think or say “Oh my God, not another essay about Nigerian corruption from this guy”, please bear with me...

Are Igbo Women the most educated in Nigeria?

Is it known by other Nigerians that Igbo society is a matriarchy? The men may not subscribe to that. But, are they not trying to prove it to the world?

The Tress Of Stress

Anybody who is stressed can be compared to a laboratory rat that constantly gets a dose of electric shock...

The 2011 London Conference on Libya: The International Community, minus Africa, Asia and Latin America

In the Era of the Gentiles, there will be attempts to attack the principle of order and intelligibility in the world. International relations will be subjected to universal unreason in order to distort human destiny...

2002: National Year Of Sovereign Conferences – 3rd Quarter Review (4)

I am no longer interested in learning. I have done enough of reading for a lifetime. My children will read whatever remains to be read...

Unity

It is also preposterous to say that black people would vote for a black man no matter how moronic the fellow is. That generally is an insult to the black people...

Sitting Electoral Tribunals: A Party Influence or Public Interest?

President Yar’Adua can take his chances and hope that Nigerians will accept another fixed result in 2011. Or he can lead from the front and push electoral reform as the priority of his presidency...

Orji Uzor Kalu, 'Mmadu Oha Nile', MON!

Orji Uzor Kalu has since argued that left for him Olusegun Obasanjo should be made to go back to prison to continue a second term of imprisonment for his many crimes against the Nigerian state and Nigerians...