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Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

Two Brothers, Different Fate

Since the concluded PDP presidential primaries, there have been different narratives canvassed in the media space for and against the aspirants. One of such...

President of Political Jumpology

Political Jumpology is the modern day art form of jumping from one political party to the other. More acerbic writers would rather call the matter...

Jonathan: Time for Buhari to Prove Them Wrong

The just-concluded PDP presidential primaries, which ought to be a trending story in the media seem to have been eclipsed by a more worrisome...

The Battle for Change

By Aliyu Isah Chiroma A battle that has a beginning must have an end. Even if it is fought under our imaginative thoughts, we need...

Nigerians! Wake Up!

The day we begin to focus more on our ancestry as children of one father, the day we will put away the negatives that...

Governor Fayemi and the Moneybag Syndrome

Big money is betrothed to big power. With plenteous cash in the war-chest, the ambitious politician can hardly ever resist the drive to grab...

Still on Osun Governorship Election

In a matter of weeks, voters in Osun will again cast their ballots to elect a governor who will run the affairs of the...

The Tinubu Phenomenon in Nigeria’s Political Firmament

I was already a veteran resident of Lagos in 1999 when Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu became the Governor of Lagos State. One thing I...

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The Paradox Of Corruption And Patriotism

To say that the country called Nigeria is a conundrum is a gross understatement. To both its people and foreigners, it is a country that is, in its extremity, baffling, frustrating, annoying and uncivilised...

Soludo’s Honest Mistake

Unless there was willful attempt on the part of Mr. Soludo to undermine the President, bring disrepute to the country, cause mischief or attempt to injure the nation’s national interest, there are no valid reasons to fire him or ask him to resign...

Tragedy Of The Unknown Nigerian Beauty

One is tempted to say that we are back in the days of the French colonial policy of Assimilation right here in Nigeria, where there is deliberate, sustained effort to brainwash black people, Nigerians, and make them aliens to their own ways...

What We Don’t Understand About “No”

Self esteem plays a lot into so many things in life. It plays a much larger role than we care to admit. It exacerbates many other emotions that might more readily be kept under control with sound reasoning...

FRSC and the Yorkshire Ripper

At 20, new ideas and “new” strategies may be brought up to facilitate the fast-tracking of the FRSC for greater efficiency in the performance of its core duties...

Democracy, The Case For Transparency And Accountability In Emerging Societies; Nigeria As A Case Study

Competent studies have shown that there is a current problem with the application of the pure forms of Democracy in Emergent Societies, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa.  The problem is how to balance between fair systems of letting the citizens determine what government they want against what is truly good for them...

Makwerekwere: Black South Africa’s Instant-Mix Kaffirs?

“Oh, I love your accent. It’s awesome. Where is that from?”
“Nigeria.”
“Nigeria? You mean Nicaragua?”

A Stiff Sentence for a Pickpocket Con Man

Had the notion occurred to, and the possibility existed for, Kelvin Ighodalo to have sought the counsel of a Careers’ Adviser prior to embarking upon his chosen career, for which he is now to spend an extended period behind bars; he might have been counselled to pursue a career path in Nigerian politics...

A Beacon Among Shadows: Dr. Zauro and the Promise of Youth in Governance

By Dr. Mohammed Haruna In an era when cynicism about...

Jonathan: Looking Back From the Future

Mr. Jonathan’s circumstances are as tricky as Mr. Obasanjo’s in 1999, and his prospects, on the face of it, seem just as unpromising as the former president’s...