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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...

Goodluck Jonathan: The Suspicion, The Resentment And The Consequences II

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...

2007 Elections: Leading Nigerians From The Depths Of Despair To The Threshold Of Hope

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 2nd Senate: A Remarkable Improvement

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...

The Season Of Reason: Time To Move Forward

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...

Obasanjo: Between Image And Reality

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...

Obasanjo: Between Image And Reality

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...

100 Concerned Nigerians Abroad?

Are these hundred persons political jobbers? Are they politicians in disguises? Are they acting on behalf of different political parties as a coalition, while pretending to be some band of neutral Concerned Nigerians abroad?

Implications Of The Failure Of The National Assembly To Amend The 1999 Constitution

The Senate President observed that the 2007 General Elections were rigged by his party, the Peoples' Democratic Party, using the Nigeria Police and the Military. It is a fact that majority of the members of the hallowed Assembly would not return because they failed to secure re-nomination...

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The Poetry Of Man And Machines

We should take a cue from Jesus Christ who is the greatest example of soul friendship. He was always available, always listening, always ready to forgive, yet He feels the pain of rejection. Who knows how many beautiful poems we've failed to hear...

Minna Sanhedrin and More Pertinent Issues

The symbolic event of Friday, May 11, 2017, had...

Aso Rock and the Hovering Vultures

Lexicographers have their ways with terminologies. What, for instance,...

Encounter with a Tuareg Revolutionary and the Afemai University story

On 14th November 2012, as I waited to board the British Airways flight to London, I sighted a turbaned gentleman, a Tuareg from Mali. He said that he was from the newly proclaimed Republic of…

And Racism became King

Those were the days. It was in the final...

Technological Advancements threaten the Future of Newspapers (2)

A decade ago, the amount of digital and online publishing driven by profit and consumerism was relatively small. Today, over 80% of all hard copy publications have online and digital versions. Ten years from now, that percentage may rise to 100...

Why Tinubu’s Hands Seem Tied — The Uncomfortable Facts Behind Nigeria’s Security Impasse

President Bola Tinubu talks tough from Aso Rock. Yet,...

Resetting Russo/Japanese Diplomatic Relations

Now that every state has its political mal-contents harassing their governments world-wide, no government can be seen meddling in other states' internal affairs without fuelling aggression and violent action against the state...

US Diplomacy in Africa

It often amuses me when I read reports from Western journalists, who are fractionally knowledgeable about African history and civilization. Yet, these form the basis of preachings to Africans everywhere…

Local Government And The Need For Grassroot Development

Any person who wants to know why the nation is not developing as rapidly as it should, should visit any of the local government areas...