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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...

Streamlining Law Enforcement Functions in Nigeria

In Nigeria today we have the Nigeria Police, FRSC, EFCC, ICPC, Office of Public Prosecution, FIIB, SSS, DMI, NIA, DIA etc. all different agencies that investigate, prosecute and even arrest citizens all over the country without being answerable to anyone. It is high time all these agencies are consolidated into a unified system...

Bukola Saraki’s Palace in London: One Sacred Cow Too Many!

Dr. Bukola Saraki was elected the Executive Governor of Kwara State in 2003. He replaced his father's former political godson, Mohammed Lawal. The later had fallen out with Bukola's father, and therefore, had to be shown the door...

The House is Mine – Sokoto Governor

“The House was leased from 1999 until 2004, when I completed payment for the house. I bought it from a Sokoto businessman who lived in that house for about thirty years.”

Sokoto Governor Has His Share of London

It would appear that Nigerians have come to expect their public officials to engage in corruption, profligacy and all kinds of public immorality. While we have been applauded for bringing these acts of corruption to light, some of our readers are tiring from these stories...

Governor Of Bayelsa Can Appoint Ambassadors?

The immunity clause in our constitution was clearly not intended to shield or protect a president, vice president, governor or deputy governor, if they engage in gross misconducts and criminalities, such as rape, armed robbery or murder!

Letter From London: Another October, More Khakistocracy

October holds memorable significance in my diary. It’s of course time of year to reflect on the state of our national journey since independence, which many of us still regard with great patriotic zeal despite the fact that the elapsing 45 years of unparalleled khakistocracy has condemned Nigerians to seeming perpetual purposelessness...

Alamieyeseigha, Asari-Dokubo and the Ijaw Narrative

Alamieyeseigha dug the hole he currently finds himself in. The perception, whether real or not, is that he misappropriated funds. That he abused his power. That he engaged in all manner of illegalities to the detriment of the well being of the Ijaw nation. The Diaspora Ijaws are even taken aback by his supposed excesses and gluttony...

Where Is Nigeria's Senate President?

Lawlessness is the most effective ingredient for breeding ravenous monsters for any nation. In the same vein, it will take a real miracle, which is very rare in Nigeria, to stop a president who is unchecked by any laws, and unrestrained by any Assembly, from quickly transforming into a free, all-devouring lion let loose in the open...

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There Was A Sage Called Chinua Achebe

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Prosperity, Eternity (15): Learning to give to God acceptably

There are many unfertile grounds people sow in that we must not sow in. One of them is sowing into the rich, especially to gain reward. He that gives to the rich shall surely come to want...

Ebenezer Obey: I Had My Share Of Drinking And Womanizing

"Nigeria’s future is bright...The country will be better. Good days are ahead. I will just want the government to take care of the Niger Delta people. It pleases God to put the oil in their region. So let them enjoy the wealth from that oil..." - Ebenezer Obey

The Battle for Change

By Aliyu Isah Chiroma A battle that has a beginning...

Kalu, Orji and Image

We suggest Orji should learn from Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, ex-Governor of the state and his political mentor, whom many ndi-Abia have seen as their choice...

Excogitative Deconstruction of the Discourse Dynamics of the Controverted Non-Interest Banking and the Islamicizing Controversy Issues

Approbatory and disapprobative voices have trailed the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to implement Non-Interest Islamic Banking in the country, a package whose initiative, framework, process leading to its formation and approval in principle date back to the reign of Sanusi’s predecessor...

Applying for a Canadian Study Permit

Each year, Canada grants temporary entry to over 130, 000 foreign students to attend Canadian educational institutions...

The Surge Of Colossal Examination Collapse in Nigeria

The issue of examination failure in Nigeria has become a characteristic of great concern to parents, teachers, stakeholders in education supervision, and even to the students...

While Amaechi and Omehia are fighting

Gov. Amaechi and Sir Omehia should understand that happiness goes with the journey, not the destination; just like mundane achievements lead us to nowhere, even though we see achieving things in the world as necessary or as necessity...

Today is the Future of the Nigerian Children

The children who are subjected to carry their family responsibilities today, without doubt, have a bleak future. Many are hidden from public view because of the harsh situations they work in...