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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 Are An Idiot” In A Democracy?

While I am in total agreement that the president’s language is an embarrassment to the nation for which he ought to apologise, one is much more concerned about what his words and attitudes portends for democracy in Nigeria...

Scrap JAMB, NECO, And Save Nigerian Education!

How long will this nation continue to sit still and watch JAMB continue frustrating out intelligent students from University education, while privileged dunces get all the priority placements in the admission list?

Strategic Factors and Options in Ijaw Land: Responding to Priye Torulagha

What is the level of “federal presence” in Ijaw land? How many colleges of education, polytechnics, colleges of arts & science, roads, hospitals and clinics, bridges, highways, and the likes do we have? And to think that for its economic survival, Nigeria is riding on our back and shoulder?

Rumored, Attempted and Successful Coups

Rumored coups, attempted coups, or successful coups have become a staple of Nigeria’s culture and political history...

The Last Of The Titans

Educating children in well-kept surroundings teaches them to extend the responsibility to their home environments. Is it difficult to fathom children educated in dilapidated buildings will not expect differently in adulthood?

A Premonition and A Dream: Can Obasanjo Survive?

I had a premonition in which this government did not survive its constitutionally allotted time...

The Epistle According To Umar – Qui Bono?

How many retired Colonels are so rich and powerful enough to have their tender toes stepped upon by the nation’s president? And how many of them could be diagnosed with a savior mentality?

How To Lose Friends And Alienate People

If Nigerians are vilified for asking the difficult questions, the President had better be prepared for the judgement of history...

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Abuja Roads: ‘Constructions’ without end!

What story would I be telling to draw attention to the roads taking forever to construct in ‘Abuja’? Hmmm, let me think. Yes, I will tell two, no three...

MASSOB Leader: Before The Court Date

To the millions of Ndigbo and many Nigerians, Uwazurike is nothing less than a peaceful revolutionary whose gospel of non-violent change is something that must be hearkened to...

A Wonderful World Cup: Thank You South Africa (Conclusion)

Imagine my horror in Durban on my way back when I drove to the Durban international airport only to be told by the security officer at the gate that “there are no planes here”. I asked him “what kind of airport has no planes?”

The Year 2015: Our Year of Calamitous Disasters

If Nigeria, against perceived and preconceived mischievous intentions, could...

GRACE: What is it before Illuminati silence us all!

Today’s satanic concept of grace or love that says we should not say anything of sin, works of darkness, darkness of this world and the resultant eternal damnation and which is being championed by many in so-called pulpits is the number one game plan of Satan and Illuminati to kill the Church of Christ...

Nigeria: From Egypt To Canaan

This piece is a call to civil duty. It...

Town Crier in the city of the deaf – Power must change hands!

Just when I was thinking of expressing comradeship with the courageous men and women in Lagos State who were planning to continue the street protests that greeted the removal of petroleum subsidy in Nigeria, I was abruptly brought to a great sadness by the scale of human and material destruction that characterized Boko Haram attacks on the ancient city of Kano...

Rebranding Nigeria: Role of the Youths

As youths, we should see ourselves as political architects that would rather build into our National future than political archeologist that will concentrate on digging from the relics of our past political failures...

Return Of The Retired Generals

Nigerians, having been battered from several years of military violence, have come to accept "obey the last order" as a means to get things done within a civil setting...

Murtallabian Tendency

I guess for most folks, the first hint of President Jonathan’s Murtallabian tendency was the utterly inept manner he allowed the last presidential election to be unnecessarily and gauchely rigged in the South East and South South regions of the country.  From that point on, it’s been one bumbling step right after the othe...