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Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

Before They Begin Igbo Point-And-Kill In Lagos

April last year, I wrote an article, titled, “Didn’t Tinubu Just Goof On MC Oluomo?” The piece did a post-mortem on the crisis rocking...

2023 Presidential Election: Very Curious Case of CITEC Estate, Mbora, Abuja

A lot of water has passed under the bridge after the February 25th 2023 Presidential Elections. There is therefore the temptation to take a...

Bola Tinubu, may your road be rough!

In the choice of a fitting title for this piece, the late Professor Tai Solarin, one of Nigeria’s foremost educators and social activists, readily...

Steal The Election And Let Them Go To Court

Any ruling party can make even a goat win an election. The only exception to this great truism is Goodluck Jonathan who lost his...

2023 Poll: Peace is priceless, but peace must come with justice

It's amusing and again annoying what some privileged persons are doing to worsen the image of Nigeria. It is no longer the "job men" but...

The 2023 General Elections in Nigeria: Omodé gbón, àgbà gbón, la se da Ilè-ife

The 2023 General Elections in Nigeria: Omodé gbón, àgbà gbón, la se da Ilè-ife (The dictum that wisdom is not exclusively age or gender...

The Nature of Democracy in Nigeria

Talking seriously, Democracy as a concept was alien to Africa, and by implication, Nigeria. Largely, right from inception, democratic norms and values were never...

#NigeriaDecides2023: An Opportunity to Reverse the Trend of Democratic Decline in Africa

Since the post-Cold War era of the transition to democratic rule, many African countries, including Nigeria, have faced challenges that threaten democratic governance. In...

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Governor Peter Obi of Anambra is one of the luckiest politicians in Nigeria’s history. He’s in danger of turning himself into one of the most historically blind as well...

Where Are Our Girls?

Despite all the elaborate search and rescue efforts that have been expedited by a combination of Nigerian security forces and their foreign allies, using the most advanced information gathering equipment available, the girls are light years away from being found. The Million Dollar questions bogging the minds of informed spectators of this macabre drama are: Where are our girls?

The Bridge to Nowhere (1)

When aspiring or incumbent politician’s seasonally turn to the occasional political stunts or grandstanding or gimmickry, it is almost an afterthought, no matter what...

Is Government in Nigeria a family business?

Running the government by consensus without fiscal responsibility and accountability and robbing Peter to pay Paul is what has gotten us into the predicament we are now in...

Nigerian Journalism and The Guardian Newspaper

What Rutam House has demonstrated is that it is very much like most other organization that has been oppressing and exploiting its workers. The Guardian, when it is all said and done, is no better than ThisDay and several other media outlets in the country...

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