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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...

A Country And Its Strange Citizens

Nigerians are a special breed of people. They have the incomprehensible and bizarre capacity of being happy in the worst of circumstances. A Nigerian could even applaud a man contemptuous enough of him to rape his mother in his presence...

Mujahid Dokubo-Asari: Where is Justice and Fairness?

What was Asari Dokubo's offense? That he spoke against the maltreatment and the exploitation of the Ijaw ethnic group? That he spoke against the excesses and abuses being perpetrated by the multinational oil companies against the indigenes of the Niger Delta?

What People Think About HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS is gaining ground intensely in Nigeria today because children do not teach their parents, peers, relatives...

Between Blood Diamonds and Blood Diamond

I believe that the presence or absence of conflict is a vital element in the determination of the relevance or irrelevance of a work of art...

Utomi’s Bid Is An Asset

Regardless of Obasanjo's achievements or failures, many people saw the third-term bid as an attempt to breach the contract between the elected and electors, a violation of the rules of engagement...

How Not To Resolve The Niger Delta Crises

Despite the army of million dollar salary earning crises managers and PR executives in the employment of the oil companies operating in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria, It is still baffling that the oil companies did not see the current crises coming...

Education And Democracy In Nigeria: Looking At Obasanjo’s Legacy

My generation has a significant role to play in the new political dispensation. This will require a change of behavior and a lot of trial and error as well as a lot of patience and hard work...

Who Killed These Men and Women?

Who killed Sunday Ugwu, Momoh Lawal, Odunayo Olagbaju and Janet Oladapo? Who killed them? Who killed Ahmed Pategi and his police orderly? And who killed Victor Nwankwo, the younger brother of Arthur Nwankwo? I wonder if any murder case has ever been conclusively and satisfactorily resolved in Nigeria...

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Vice President Atiku Abubakar Must Explain!

The vice president has variously described the house or mansion in Maryland, United States, as his house, or his wife's, depending on who is doing the explaining! Some of the vice president's aides and retinue of assistants have impishly attempted to deflect Nigerian journalists' enquiries or questions...

Oil For Terrorist or Is It Compassion? Western Ideals; Real or Romantic Figments?

As a precursor to the invasion and occupation of Iraq by the United States and the subsequent overthrow of Saddam Hussein in March 2003, there was a US-Iraq policy supported by the United Nations. It was called the Oil-For-Food Program...

How The Niger Delta People Can Get Their Freedom From a Terrorist Country Like Nigeria: A Simple but Effective Guide (3)

The Niger Delta is a colony of Nigeria for the simple reason that they have absolutely no say in how their resources are explored...

Yar’Adua, Please, Fix This Road!

The Lagos-Shagamu-Benin Expressway is in a very horrible state. Although it has deteriorated quite beyond what anyone could have imagined was possible in a country ruled by human beings, no one can recall any meaningful attempt made in the past few years to halt its progressive decay...

Before President Bush Dies Politically!

This is wishing the 43rd president a safe and sound retirement and the 44th a safe and sound presidency. Both are great men in their own rights, history will remember them for good or bad...

Okonjo-Iweala for World Bank: Obama's United States ready for Change?

Since the inception of World Bank, the United States of America has been producing presidents of the Brentwood institution.  But this time around a new tune is in play and the United States may has to be ready for a change...

Preppies and Pikins: Between Hope and Despair

Reports from bystanders at the recently concluded voter-registration exercise around the country have confirmed that the much-touted sanity in our electoral process is yet a mirage...

In Support of Iran’s Nuclear Ambition

If Iraq wants to go nuclear, she ought to be able to do so since every state has the right to safeguard her national interest. Why did the United States not attack the Soviet Union or vice versa during the Cold War? Every state knows the consequence of attacking another state with nuclear weapons...

Beware of Fitch, SP and Moody’s ratings

The more these credit rating agencies assign high ratings to investment bank’s junk portfolios, the more they attract unsuspecting buyers. As a result, these credit rating firms spend more time experimenting and perfecting how to generate more pleasing and beneficial inaccurate ratings for the companies to use to mislead the public...

The Role of Military Intelligence and Diplomacy in the Era of World Terrorism: A Note to the UN Security Council Members

The world is divided amongst states with different worldviews, which are irreconcilable. China has increased its military budget. Japan has freed itself from the impositions put on its constitution after the Second World War...