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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 African Hypocrites (4)

The problem of Africa is not a failure of the social, political and economic institutions. It is of the decadence in the souls of Africans. The African worshippers of foreign gods are soulless moronic opportunists…

Naija Notes: When OBJ speaks…

"Honourable Zani Ruwa of Zamfara State had been cooling his heels in a Saudi jail for months. What does Sharia law say about bribery? Gov Sani Yerima, where are you?"

Naija Notes: Someone is after me!!!

If you are thinking of coming home for Xmas and plan to spend time in Lagos, my unsolicited advice is simple: stay put where you are.

Hoping on Hope (Nigeria at 42)

Hope alone may not do the magic of revamping Nigeria, but 'to hope' is certainly more fruitful than 'to lose hope,' or to self-destruct...

Mohammed Abacha: A Malapropos Tragedy?

Let us for once be candid, Mohammed Abacha has available to him the wealth of our nation, money that could have been used for our Schools, Hospitals, Roads, Children…

Independence Speech: The Oracle Speaks Not

This is not the time to preach hope. Why hope, when what you are hoping for is here in Nigeria? Hope feeds no one. The people are hungry. The people are afraid of their own shadows...

The African Hypocrites

The problem of Africa is not a failure of the social, political and economic institutions. It is of the decadence in the souls of Africans. The African worshippers of foreign gods are soulless moronic opportunists…

Naija Notes: Comedians For Life

America wants to attack Iraq again and all they are doing now is whipping up enough sentiments to launch their missiles...

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When Stroke Struck

An unexpected phone call from my brother Osa woke me from deep slumber. Our mother suffered a stroke that left the right side of her body paralyzed...

Hell Hath No Fury Like A T.O.S. Benson Scorned

Publication of a letter to an individual in our national newspapers, oftentimes, offend and serve no purpose...

Atiku is falling apart

While as Vice President, Atiku believed that he had no job other than what was assigned to him by the President Obasanjo to do then, but he was seen to be controversial and was believed to be the most powerful second-in-command that the nation has had...

Memorable Unveiling of Alpha Times

It was an uncommon event that brought together elite...

The Bond That Tears Rivers Apart

A press statement, Sunday 31st July, 2011, through the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, David Iyofor, said that the state needed N250 billion Bond...

The $67 Billion Foreign Reserves Legacy (2)

By the time the ravaging global liquidity crush, which started on Wall Street in September 2008, was over, Nigeria's own version of the financial fiasco couldn't be more dramatic. Dropping from N13.5 trillion to N4.6 trillion, the country's stock market had lost a monstrous N8.9trillion...

Solutions to Nigeria’s Food Agricultural Problems

The way to provide the most effective lasting solution to Nigeria's food problems is what this post is all about...

War Crimes? Not Nigerian Military

It just cannot be true that the Nigerian military...

Immune In Legislative Impunity

It beggars belief that our elected representatives at the...

Nigerian Doctors Gather In Sheffield

Ike Anya was in Sheffield to attend the annual autumn conference of the Medical Association of Nigerian Specialists and General Practitioners, the umbrella organization for Nigerian doctors in the United Kingdom. His report...