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Government Against The People

Nigeria is in grave danger more than ever. There is no running away from the dire fact that things are not working properly in the...

Oyebanji: The countdown starts!

At exactly 1:34 pm on Friday, October 16, 2026, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) took the Oath of Allegiance as Governor of Ekiti State for...

The Impossible Death Of Dele Giwa

It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination of Dele Giwa through a letter bomb delivered to his home, but the departed iconic...

Obi and Ohakim: Governors Without Godfathers

The shameless Nigerian political class are at it again. Reputed to derive joy in squandermania the new public office holders have begun the march again towards stunning profligacy...

President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua: Promise fulfilled

Not a few observers believe that the electoral process that produced this administration has many flaws, and that only genuine reformation of the system can prevent a future occurrence...

Reforming The Nigerian Police Force: Where are we Getting it Wrong? (I)

The image of the Nigerian Police is not that of a citizen-friendly force...

In A Lighter Mood: The Way We Seriously Feel About Our Leaders

I have written in previous articles that I firmly believe that our leaders hate us, else for example, what reason would a single person decide to steal billions of Naira while neglecting the people he was meant to serve and protect?

In A Lighter Mood: The Way We Seriously Feel About Our Leaders

I have written in previous articles that I firmly believe that our leaders hate us, else for example, what reason would a single person decide to steal billions of Naira while neglecting the people he was meant to serve and protect?

All Hail the Cave-man of Otta!

I wish to announce the tragic demise of Olusegun Obasanjo the statesman. OBJ the man still kicks and lives on but OBJ the statesman is dead!

Madam Speaker Plays Her Level

What are Etteh and her people doing with Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles? Have these people totally wiped off the notion of service from public office?

Obasanjo and the Nigerian Newspapers

It is quite disturbing that one of the country’s leaders who is supposed to realize the effect and weight of his public pronouncements descended so low as to declare that he does not read Nigerian newspapers...

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Fixing Murtala Mohammed “Air-Nightmare”

Nothing best exemplifies the state of Nigeria’s leadership than the dilapidating state of the gateway to the nation, the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja. An airport that sits strategically as not only a possible gateway to Nigeria, but West Africa as well as the rest of the World...

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Maybe the Guardian is simply tired as an entity and plays along to remain viable.Maybe the focus of the founder, Chief Ibru, has changed.If this is the case, then something is wrong...

The Political Permutations of a Somnambulist

There are Nigerians of immense faith, who believe in prayers and in miracles and in abracadabra and all that and so believe that President Yar’Adua will be back to assume the daily functions of the Presidency...

The Lost Art of Romance: What Happened to Our Values?

In today's world, one can't help but wonder what...

Pages in Life: Mama Bookworm (2)

As a young child, constantly watching and hearing my mother's pain as she struggled with trying to raise five children from a bad marriage with little help, I learned to be quiet and somewhat withdrawn in public...

On Kongi’s New Book: You Must Set Forth at Dawn

Soyinka's new book You Must Set Forth at Dawn, is a dizzying tour de force in many ways. Soyinka manages to situate himself in every major event in Nigeria’s troubled history. He was actually at Dodan Barracks the day Gideon Orkar’s coup rattled Nigeria...