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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...

Beyond 6-3-3-4: A Recipe For The Education System In Nigeria

With the highly mouthed no-nonsense academic climate in our tertiary schools, it has been conclusively recorded that our teachers in these schools are not insulated from the rot that has taken over the system of education in Nigeria. So it is not uncommon to see lecturers double as booksellers...

The Master Dribblers Of Nigerian Politics

Obasanjo and Babangida are two of a kind with minor differences in the way and manner they operate. They are both master dribblers, but their football is Nigeria and her people...

James Adewale Olawole – A Tribute

As far as my father was concerned, globalization did not start with business ventures. It did with religions. His thinking therefore was that if people, across the world, could tolerate mere business ventures of different natures, origins and tastes without any acrimony, why couldn’t they do the same with the different religions?

Come Chop Doctrine

One of the defining features of the government of OBJ is that all he said he would do at inauguration; he has done the complete opposite. More is the pity that he does not brook criticism or a contrary opinion...

PDP Exco – Welcome, Governor Chris Uba

The atrocities in Anambra are a disgrace to an undisciplined political party and a nation comatose in using a power inherent in its people. PDP is wasting time with the charade of the Oyinlola “investigation” panel...

Poverty And Unemployment Alleviation Strategies In Nigeria

In order to eradicate unemployment and poverty in Nigeria, innovative methods need to be used to successfully tackle unemployment and poverty...

Comparing Reforms In Kenya And Nigeria

What has come of the promise Mr. President made to the workers of Nigeria in 1999 that the salaries and allowances of workers will be reviewed periodically? What has happened to the billions of Naira recovered from the Abacha family and the millions generated from the petroleum tax?

Wada Nas – Tributes to a Great Communicator

So, Mallam Wada Nas is dead. The Funtua man is dead? The first is a statement and the other – an inquiry, which for me presented itself as a rude shock...

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Congratulations Mr. President!

President Obasanjo is surely a smart and brilliant manager of Nigeria's resources. It is often said in management that smart and savvy managers hire the best fits for the jobs at hand, and in this case, President Obasanjo has certainly surrounded himself with the best brains in the business of administering Nigeria's economic affairs...

Not On Their Watch!

Adegboyega Oyetola and Olugbenga Babatunji are two leaders in...

Great achievements, ideas and innovations have eluded South East Governors

Ideas and innovations do not wait until resources are available to act. Rather they are the precursors of capital and resources...

Redefining our sports agenda

I belong to the school of thought that avers that football has an over bloated ego in this country of ours. I do not believe that football engenders unity, or subscribe to the wishy-washy thinking that football unites us...

Living Dangerously and Looking at the Bigger Picture

Ever since Nigeria’s Independence in 1960 and becoming a...

International Legal Issues in the Scottish Quest for Independence from the UK

The Scots are poised for national regeneration. There will be fireworks in the university towns of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Durham and others...

An Open Letter to President Umaru Yar’Adua – 5

A coterie of the ruling elite, surprisingly not just in the North, where the Bala Na'Allahs were calling for a Final Solution, but elsewhere, talked about the fire and brimstone that the central government would unleash on the Niger Delta if the fighters of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta do not accept the amnesty...

How to Become a Beautiful Political Bride in Low Trust Societies

Much has been written about the domination of the country’s politics by the North but without concomitant attention paid to how this is facilitated by their perception as people who keep their words. Even outside politics...

Big Brother Africa 2 Scandal

Reality Shows are all the rage right now….I find them boring and totally pointless…

Are we on the verge of a new Nigeria: The Peter Obi Phenomenon

Something new is happening in Nigeria. The tectonic plates...