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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...

I love Nigeria Just Because…

I have said this in the past and I am doing so again pointedly. Nigerians have a dramatic effect on me. Nigerians are the bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh...

When ‘the Truth’ is Not Acceptable

How did we arrive at the juncture in our national life where the people no longer have faith in the sincerity and impartiality of those who should protect and lead them? A situation where the people are ready to doubt their leaders and security agents even when they swear to be telling the truth...

Who Cursed Nigeria With Obasanjo?

President Olusegun Obasanjo has, once again, moronically and sadistically decided to exacerbate the agony and pain of Nigerians by gratuitously increasing the pump price of Petroleum products...

This Penkelemesi: We Have No Dog in This Fight

Is it really the case that the Nigerian situation is a result of a dearth of solutions? Anyone who believes that is in deep denial. There is an over-abundance of solutions to the Nigerian problem...

Nigerians In The So-Called Diaspora: “Abuja, We Have A Problem”

I agree with the erudite 100 in their condemnation of the conduct and results of the polls in general, suggestions that fresh elections be conducted in all places where elections did not hold or were not properly conducted. However, I do think the Presidential election result should be left as it is...

Nigerian Lobbyists: To Support or Condemn Nigeria?

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...

Are Some Nigerians’ Psyche Damaged?

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...

I Disagree, Your Excellency

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?

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Police brutality and democracy! Whither Nigeria

I am deeply troubled by the current pattern that our civilian democracy is trending in Nigeria.  It is frightening and if not curtailed, will metamorphose into a cancerous worm that will envelope the entire fabric of the society...

Nigerians Are Objective & Brutally Honest!

Africa will receive respect when we have nuclear power, when we have money and when outsiders perceive dire consequences and a heavy price to pay for being politically incorrect about Nigeria and Africa...

Get Involved

Nigerians are electing new leaders this year (2011). Therefore, it makes sense that all eligible adults should participate and get involved with the electoral processes. Make sure you vote and guard your votes...

Taking Society For Granted!

Whenever a section of the society wants to embark...

My Farm, your country

About two or three weeks ago, one court in one oyinbo country gave judgement against four Nigerian farmers in the Niger-Delta. Their farms, their only sources of livelihood were destroyed from the oil spills from the activities of Shell, a multinational crude oil prospecting company...

Nigeria’s Aginam Leads The World Via The United Nations

A distinguished Nigerian, Professor Obijiofor Aginam, has upped the...

We Will Live Again

We may have our weaknesses, but we are equally a great nation consisted of a people driven by hard work and a sheer will to survive...

The Disastrous Consequences of the Politics of Hatred

Hatred is a satanic category. It fuels unreasoned behaviour. It helps to throw caution to the wind. It blurs the intellect. It retards the intellect...

THE GABON COUP: African Democracy under Scrutiny

The recent military coup in Gabon has ignited a...

The Catholic Church And The Spate Of Materialism

Like narcotics and other psychotropic substances that lead to addiction, religious organizations, societies and groups that operate within the strict ambits of their various doctrines also eat into the psyche and soul of their adherents…