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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...

The Cold-Blooded Murder of Captain Jerry Agbeyegbe

We kill our best and our brightest; we kill our innovators; we kill our political gadfly; we kill those who dare to be different; we kill those who helped in conquering frontiers; and we kill those with uncommon ideas and ideals. We have become a nation of cold-blooded murderers...

Senator Arthur Nzeribe, the EFCC and Corruption in Nigeria

Here is a man that one needs to dine with...with a very long spoon. However, the wisdom of our fathers is that we do not disregard the message simply because we do not like the messenger...

Food For Thought: A Response to Sonala Olumhense

One thing that never ceases to amaze me is the gross inability of the most chronically cynical of Nigerian critics to tolerate the slightest form of criticism when, for once, it’s directed at them...

Rejoinder To Mr. Femi Olawole

Your comments on my article, "Patriotism, Dead or Alive," came to my attention only yesterday. Installing me in a group, you accuse me of "a chronic pessimism as to become pathetically blind to the emerging new Nigeria," and of not bothering to "proffer alternative leadership or management strategies..."

A Short Commentary on Chukwuemeka Odumegu-Ojukwu

The Minister of Police Affairs wants us to believe no one is above the law. They want us to believe there is a level playing field in Nigeria when it comes to law & order...

The Decline Of A People’s Cultures

The white missionaries who condemned as idolatry, the practice whereby animals, foods and money were offered as sacrifice, now turned around to request for the same items... They however branded their own requests under different titles such as offerings, tithes and harvest thanksgivings.

Lessons From Zamfara State

The Federal Government must address the “cross border” education equitably. In its attempt – it must not use the United Kingdom model...

An 11yr Old's Dream For Nigeria

My dream for Nigeria is where being ill is not a death sentence - A Nigeria where hospitals do not dispense fake drugs; a country where hospitals are not for the rich only but for the poor on the streets as well...

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A World Without Africa

Africa is vital. And like every other continent is essential to the earth's wellbeing, Africa is necessary for the smooth running of the world's cosmos. We are all interrelated and interconnected...

Corruption: Nobody Should Be Deceived

Despite some progress by the government of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo in fighting corruption and improving the economy, Nigerians are deeply disappointed with how the country has turned out...

From The Pen of a Foreign Mate…

I am baffled by the constant dialogue among Nigerians in America about “foreign women” who reject Nigeria.  Many Nigerian-American men and their families have cast American women as snobbish of third-world living and disdainful of Nigeria...

Wake Me up When the Voting Is Over

On Thursday the 5th day of February, 2015 I...

Nigeria Cannot Militarize Its Way To Peace

The time has come for Nigeria to confront a...

Restoring Health To The Agenda, A Matter Of Life And Death (1)

In this piece, as a network of Nigerian public health professionals, we put forward our analyses of some of the issues that should be paramount in the health agenda for the next 4 years...

AFCON 2025 Final and the Power of Protest

It happened on 18 January 2026, under the humid...

The Nigerian Judiciary and The Fight Against Corruption

The single most devastating menace and threat to political and economic stability in Nigeria is elite corruption whereby educated persons placed in charge of public administration help themselves and their usually large families with the common wealth of Nigeria...

Carving out a pathway for Nigeria

I will like to say that sometimes, valuable things don’t come from the rich and influential people but from unknown persons in the dark and forgotten corners of the world...

An Air of Error: Prevention, Response Deterrence

Air crashes in Nigeria are like coming of age ceremonies, where the attendees air their closets, stride their wares, get immolated and conclude the lessons of the day by wrapping up and behaving like it never happened. After the Dana disaster that has claimed the lives of tens of our fellow citizens, if history were to repeat itself we can guarantee nothing will come of it...