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The Yoruba people in the Southwest of Nigeria are deeply immersed in culture, history, ideology, and other guiding principles that define their existence. This...
The continuing legal battle involving former Kaduna State Governor, NasirAhmad El-Rufai, has become much larger than the fate of one politician. Ithas developed into...
Debates, occasional dissent and even protests, all form parts of some of the essential elements and ingredients of vibrant and vigorous democracy. This is welcome in Nigeria...
I have observed over an extended period of time that a good number of Nigerians are self critical, a tad too self-critical, to such extent that at first glance, this attitude could be taken as self-loathing...
Mr. Obasanjo got it all wrong in hinting that PDP members of the National Assembly are supposed to be loyal to him and the party in all circumstance, laudable or condemnable. Is Mr. President trying to tell the Nigerian people that his party or any other party is bigger and more important than the project called Nigeria?
Almost from the time he became the governor of the state, he was despised by a segment of the populace. It was assumed that time would heal whatever wound and friction there wa. But for whatever reason, it was not to be...
Our problem is not just with learning to live the democratic way of life. Democracy is not the answer to all our national travails though it is the magic wand to some. Our problems are more fundamental. After all Countries like China are not democracies yet they thrive...
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by all means and purpose is a constitutional mimic of its American counterpart because it serves no practical constitutional purpose. In short, it is a copy cat makes me look good body...
With only a few days to the handover to a new government, we are still hearing belligerent and disgruntled voices threatening brimstone and fire, some very unpatriotic elements calling for the elections to be annulled...
It is sad that as Obasanjo prepares to quit power in a week's time, feelings of disappointment, if not betrayal, tend to eclipse what ought to be Nigeria's day in the sun...
Presidents Obama and Sarkozy deserved commendation for their principled stand against the sit-tight machinations of the Gbagbo clan while the 'fire' lasted. Sarkozy always maintained that for France the only legitimate and legal President in Cote d'Ivoire was Alassane Ouattara...
It was not just a piece of good news; it was the best news coming from Nigeria's capital market. And for someone following this capital market drama, I felt happy that it finally has come to an end, thanks to the wise decision of the government...
When the media goes after the accused person, everyone in the defense team becomes the devil’s advocate. They are taunted by the public and forsaken by their friends and their families are made to carry a bag of guilt...
We have so convinced ourselves that church must be fun and entertaining, after all we are doing God and the preacher a big favor by showing up in church. For this reason we can no longer tell the difference between the sacred and the mundane...
I was involved in the usual banter with some of my female friends who have made it their life mission to convince me to institutionalize myself. Somehow, I have a feeling that either these babes were paid off by my mother to torture me or they have a desperate sister they are seeking to hook me up with...
Just like Obasanjo resisted the parochial agenda of Afenifere, for which he was villified by his own people, Yar’Adua should and must resist and be seen to resist the parochial agenda of the Arewa tribal bigots...
One thing that is certain as day and night is that our leaders are not concerned about the future; never concerned about the future of their country and people. They are more concerned about NOW; about what goes into their pocket NOW...
Aso Rock Villa connotes power. It remains a mystery to many Nigerians except the privileged few who have had access to its formidable walls. Yet this gargantuan and mysterious edifice has been nothing but a great albatross in our struggle for socio-economic emancipation and political righteousness...
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