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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...

Is Nigeria Worth Dying For?

Love, respect and loyalty are the primary ingredients for patriotism. Nigerians are devoid of these ingredients. Loyalty to the country takes a back seat to ethnicity...

The Nigerian Presidency and the Igbo Nation

The chief plausible reason, as to why we do not yet have a Nigerian president of Igbo background, in my view, is simply psychological in nature...

Giant Of Africa, My Foot

Before you pass judgment on me, let me quickly add that I have not given up on Nigeria, but I think it is time we woke up from this slumber to realize that we are sliding deeper and deeper into this abyss...

The Nigerian Image Project

Do we all have to meet personally with every one of our public officials to believe that they mean well for the nation?

Please Help Me God…

It is worrisome that in a country of many suffering masses, churches amass so much wealth and yet fail to pass that on to the masses...

An Absolute Necessity

Abuja could be a beautiful place if truly enhanced with the money currently going into the pockets of the few...

Wole Soyinka, An Enigma, at 70

Any genuine celebration of Wole Soyinka must take into account the divergent facets of his art and person that lend him his unique personality and enigmatic status...

Buhari’s Principled Tenacity: A Rejoinder and Further Comments

Any wonder that we mistake mediocrity for excellence, stupidity for intelligence, and cowardice for bravery? It is a national tragedy to have shunned men like Buhari who is a patriot, a nationalist, and an embodiment of political and personal morality...

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Economic Growth: Nigeria Government Approach Is Wrong!

Nigeria must begin to make the shift to other sources of growth that can provide jobs and the dynamism to increase skills and productivity over time...

Rebrand Death First!

It is impossible for any modern computer software or calculator to keep track of the dizzying number of Nigerians who die like goats every day...

Leaders Who Steal – A Psychiatrist’s Perspective (Part 1)

In recent times, the issue of the psychiatric assessment of leaders and people in position of public trust in Nigeria has re-surfaced and it has merited some degree of public discourse...

Before The Nightfall

We as a people have had it long and tough. A decision must be made now:  Decision to take our country back from the hands of its slaughterers; fight a good fight; use our vote as our weapon and make good use of it; vote out the useless and vote in the useful...

What’s Bola Tinubu’s tangible worth?

The sole essence of a man or the sum...

Emergency Politics: When History Is Altered!

In his book, 'Emergency Politics: Paradox, Law, Democracy', Bonnie...

The West’s Woods-ward Walk!

The West may have led the rest of us at the beginning of this civilization in all that is enthralling. But they should check all indices of development today and see how they are fast walking down all ladders since Sodomy gained steam...

Lobby: Between Nigeria and Britain

The word lobby is a notion commonly used among politicians or in political discourses. The process of actualizing lobby is conditioned by various local peculiarities in such a way that those of us who are not members of the legislative or the executive arm of government, are oftentimes confounded...

Curative Services vs. Preventive Services

Preventive services is not given the pride of place due to belief by some health personnel that the curative services which is expensive and unaffordable by the poor citizens will lose its relevance in the medical and health fields...

The Things I Observed in Nigeria

There are too many moments that make me wonder how, and why, the vast majority of Nigerians are still alive and trudging...