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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...

You Were The Genesis: An Open Letter To Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

I have lost hope in the generation that controls the affairs of Nigeria. A bright future for our country therefore resides in the formation and careful upbringing of a new set of people whose eyes are ringed from infancy with the chalk of responsible governance, with the ‘ofo’ and ‘ogu’ placed in their hands...

Why Have We Abandoned Honourable Haruna Yerima?

May I plead with President Obasanjo and all men of goodwill to prevail on the house to rescind its decision and recall Honorable Haruna Yerima with immediate effect...

The Rule of Law

Nigeria apparently operates what may be termed a Constitutional Democracy, but to what extent we approximate to a Democracy is a question best answered by the rulers. Nor indeed can we say the so-called Democracy is governed by the Constitution. ..

Kudos To Obasanjo For His Position On Togo

The problem in Togo today could resurface in another African country tomorrow. The reorganized African Union currently headed by Obasanjo, is making it clear to African dictators, it is no longer going to be business as usual. That, in my judgment, is great progress, and the Nigerian President deserves our commendation for such strong leadership...

The President’s Betrayal

How can I explain the inability of the renowned Nigerian entrepreneurial spirit to be manifested by the legal Nigerian immigrant population? Where is our own George Soros? Why we are only interested in returning to Nigeria to participate in the looting?

The President’s Betrayal (2)

How can I explain the inability of the renowned Nigerian entrepreneurial spirit to be manifested by the legal Nigerian immigrant population? Where is our own George Soros? Why we are only interested in returning to Nigeria to participate in the looting?

Leadership Peculiarities: Glimpses From Kenya And Nigeria

African rulers have a way of building with their right hand and destroying with their left hand...

Tony Enahoro, Chairman, Obasanjo's Engineered National Conference?

Obasanjo is much more for the status quo than Enahoro ever was, or could ever be, because he has been a veritable product of that status quo from the get go and can not, at this point in his life and career, do otherwise...

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Money

The notion that “Money is the root of all evils” is ridiculed by Wall Street gurus and the City of London investment bankers, who walk proudly in their Austin Reed and Seville Row suits.  They drive their shinny Rolls Royce, Bentley, Ferraris and E-type Jaguars...

Africa needs a new “Berlin Conference”

A cursory look at the map of Africa will reveal a continent broken up into weak nation-states that can barely sustain themselves. In reality, very few African countries are actually viable by themselves without a measure of foreign aid and consequently intervention...

Coming To America

What is the future of Nigerian presence in this country? Leaving home and coming to America... For you, has it been worth it?

Is This The Return of A Prodigal Son?

Yoruba politics can inhabit the center in its own right but that is only if its leaders stop the public exchanges of unpleasantness as characterized in the last four years...

The Hard Life of a Fat Cat

From each according to his ability, and to each...

Deadening Nightmares: A Review

Living Dreams by Obu Udeozo; Fab Educational Books, Jos,...

Nigeria; 2011 Elections, The Leadership Challenge (3)

It would appear that the young voters in Nigeria have become analytical and prefer performance ability to supporting ethnic chieftains. It can be recalled that this type of consciousness put Obama in the White House...

The Legend of Yebo Gogo Man Kole Omotoso

The news that came from Johannesburg, South Africa on...

Dynamics of transformation in Nigerian economy

Sustainable transformation efforts being initiated to effect marked improvements in the quality of life of the people in all areas of human endeavour certainly involve change-producing forces in any society...

When Half a Loaf Is Not Better Than None

Our people are too easily played by politicians and...