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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...

Globacom: A Giant Among Telephony Service Providers In Nigeria And Africa

I wouldn't know how to thank Globacom for its wonderful initiatives in Nigeria. Over three years in operation, it has helped break the monopoly in the industry...

We Must Adjust This Catheter Life Of Ours…!

One of the reasons that one can safely adduce for the seeming numbness and complacency of the elite, the hoi polloi and the international community against the oppressive tendencies of the Obasanjo government is that we have all been brainwashed to suppose and agree with the dictum that 'even the worst civilian government is better than the best military dictatorship'.

Soyinka On Buhari: A Blunder, A Weak And An Unnecessary Analysis

Soyinka, for whatever reason, is missing a simple point: At this point in our nation's life, Buhari is one of a handful of men that can bring sanity, probity, clear direction and accountability to our socio-economic and political landscape...

A Battle Cry To Reverse The Poor State Of The Nation (Part 3)

The need for the South to unite and form a joint political platform is imminent. There is the need for the Yorubas and Igbos in particular to forget the past and work together to achieve a common goal...

Soyinka’s Eruption and Nigeria’s Opposition Infantilism

The insertion of certain voices of reason into public discourse usually changes not only the tone of that conversation but the direction. Professor Wole Soyinka's recent eruption, I'm afraid, has shown the persisting lack of discernment that pervades the moribund opposition movement in Nigeria...

Boob Jobs And Other Nonsensicalities

Why is it that almost every TV station you turn to you are inundated with procedures for boob jobs, nose jobs and every other 'job' imaginable and purely for cosmetic reasons?

In Those Days…

In those days, when an undergraduate walked the streets, everybody rallied round him; the elders thronged him for the ever-involving intellectual debates and news about the latest discoveries, while the children flocked about him to listen to fables from 'I don't know where'…

A Battle Cry To Reverse The Poor State Of The Nation – Part 2

For every Northerner occupying a federal government post at any level, there are at least 100 Southerners that are more qualified but are being denied the opportunity...

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Breaking the rule of the Rule of Law

I believe that the office of president anywhere there’s a democracy is a weak office. The chap occupying it equally is weak as well if truly the principles of fiscal federalism and representative democracy hold sway...

In the Footsteps of Achebe: Enter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria’s Newest Literary Voice

Do NOT copy John Grisham. And as you write a story, imagine that your parents and uncles and aunties and relatives will NEVER read it. You are more likely to write truthfully, more likely to write things as they are...

Who is Afraid of Adamu Aliero?

During his tenure as Chairman of the Economic and...

Where Will You Die?

Will death come when you are alone and lonely in a nursing home, at a hospice or in a hospital ward away from the love and gaze of your people? When death comes, will your children be around you or away tending to their own lives in far away places?

A Blazing Sun – The Story Teller Returns

Out of the seething, smoldering ruins of our collective horrid judgment, a giant Phoenix is born, worthy prodigy of the master Phoenix Chinua Achebe. Achebe lives! Adichie lives! Hurrah for the resilience of the human spirit. Chimamanda, I celebrate the mystery of you...

Saving the World from Itself: A World Peace Conference is Imperative (2)

Bilateral and multilateral agreements on arms control have not succeeded in affecting the arms race...

Who is Afraid of Bishop Kukah?

Nigeria is in dire straits, and the government of...

My Sweet 16-Year Old Valentine

Her eyes met mine and didn't blink out of shyness and rather than look down like other damsels, she smiled gaily at me. Not sure I returned her smile but she innocently giggled at the sight of me. How could I flirt with an under aged...

Before Goodluck loses goodwill

Fantastic as the idea of tenure elongation may sound, at least based on the President’s handy explanation on why he is revisiting the idea for now, the Government should gauge the prevailing mood of the followership, that the timing may be wrong...

For McCain, PDP Beckons!

No matter who is announced winner of the American presidential election after November 4, what would never remain in doubt is that this is one election that would be far-reaching in redefining the political and social scene of the United States...