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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...

Emeka Offor: Whose Front is He?

If he were American or European, he would be on the Forbes list of the 400 richest people in the world. He estimates his net worth at $3 billion, although a recent report puts his net worth at about $6 billion.  This former "Julius Berger truck driver" claims to have been a former petty contractor until fortune smiled at him...

Jungle Justice

Almost every government official is involved in one fraudulent practice or the other. They all have rugged skeletons in their cupboards. But once the federal government of Nigeria, under the leadership of President Obasanjo wants to deal with one person, they go all out to achieve that...

For Nigeria, A Big Lesson From South Africa And Liberia?

We are ever so generous in volunteering peace keeping forces in Africa and around the world, even though the majority of our citizens are wallowing in abject poverty. We volunteer troops for peacekeeping duties because most of our leaders have seen the budget for such international deployment of troops beyond borders as another Security Vote whose disbursement they are not obligated to explain...

Solitude And Melancholy 1: God Give Us Men!

God give us men who will hear your words and not use your words as a camouflage to becloud people’s judgments and inspire loyalty. God give us men, men who have honor, men who will not lie…men whom the spoils of the office cannot buy even when it is “Ghana Must Go” bags...

Solitude And Melancholy 1: God Give Us Men!

God give us men who will hear your words and not use your words as a camouflage to becloud people’s judgments and inspire loyalty. God give us men, men who have honor, men who will not lie…men whom the spoils of the office cannot buy even when it is “Ghana Must Go” bags...

Solitude And Melancholy 1: God Give Us Men!

God give us men who will hear your words and not use your words as a camouflage to becloud people’s judgments and inspire loyalty. God give us men, men who have honor, men who will not lie…men whom the spoils of the office cannot buy even when it is “Ghana Must Go” bags...

Terry Waya Arrested in London

The Metropolitan Police of London arrested flamboyant businessman of Nigerian origin, Terry Waya. The businessman was arrested from his North London home this morning. He was arrested on charges of money laundering...

A Criminal is on the Loose

There is something about Governor Alamieyeseigha’s great escape from London that just doesn’t sound right. That an accused can just board a transatlantic flight without the Nigerian and British immigration and security services knowing about it is simply perplexing...

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The Average Nigerian And God

The average Nigerian does not know God! The God that he knows is the God of his belly. The God that serves him and not the God that he serves. The insular, parochial and partial God! The God of his “open doors” and “breakthroughs.” The God that strangles his enemies for him...

Osuofia In London: A Philosophical Perspective

There is a danger to argue that the message of a movie does not really matter if the movie is a fiction. True fiction is based on some reality. The fictional comedy “Osuofia in London” is unpatriotic to Africa...

Bayelsa: Between Sylva And Gold!

During the Ibori saga in London I had decided to refrain deliberately from commenting on the fortunate outcome of the Ibori kleptocracy because while happy with the development as it concerned his indictment I was angry with the obnoxious system back home that produced Ibori...

Nigeria's Forgotten Heroes: Nnamdi Azikiwe – “Father of the Nation” (3)

As Nigeria’s foremost nationalist and first post independence Head of State, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was to Nigeria, what George Washington is to America, Nkrumah is to Ghana, Nasser is to Arabs, and Mandela is to South Africa...

Sikiru Adepoju: The Nigerian Percussionist Who Won Another Grammy

Sikiru Adepoju, an obscure and uncelebrated Naija percussionist, made Nigeria proud at the Grammys as part of the Global Drum Project quartet...

Biafra Is Dead, Buried And No More!

The time has come to speak up, time for those of us who believe in one indivisible Nigeria as sacrosanct, time for us to raise awareness and perhaps raise alarm as well, regarding the increasing specter of the spread of the phantom excitement thing that is the so-called Biafra!

Waiting on Buhari

Everything in and about Nigeria is in a waiting...

Nigeria makes US Hate List…Why?

It took just one foiled attempt by a British resident, and Yemeni trained terrorist to give the United States Transportation Security Administration the unique opportunity to show her true feelings towards Nigerians...

The Rule of Law in Nigeria

Progressive-minded Nigerians realize that opportunism violates human dignity. Their ideological position is that the welfare of the nation is more important than individual acquisitiveness and personal aggrandizement...

Conditions for Revolution In Nigeria

Iit is only history that will determine when, and the pattern, Nigeria’s revolution will take...