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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...

Takeaways from Oyetola’s Tour of Osun LGAs

Evidently, the strategic engagement tour, recently embarked upon by Governor Gboyega Oyetola, to all the Local Governments Areas (LGAs) in Osun State, was a...

Becoming Nigeria’s President Passeth All Understanding

The season of jostling to become Nigeria’s next president is on, and many strange characters are already calling themselves front-runners. All shapes of hats have...

Late Tofa and Shonekan as Unsung Footnotes of June 12 1993!

"When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes." -- Calpurnia in Julius Caesar. What will you...

Politics, Policies and Governance in Nigeria

Of a truth, Nigeria’s major predicament is that those who occupy the driver’s seat in her public administration have masked their interest to appear...

Power Shift to the South: A Greek Gift? (Part 2)

Part 1 HERE In part 1 of this series which received a lot of accolades as well as attention from different sections of the society...

IGBO Presidency and Igbo Question within the Nigerian Framework: Matters arising

          The Nigeria political landscape is undergoing the farming season since the last electoral victory of President Muhammadu Buhari over Atiku, now we are once...

Old Okpebho Federal Constituency In Edo State: A Call For Equity

"Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need"- Rick Riordan As a political commentator and concerned democrat, l...

Osun: Progress in Spite of Fractured Politics

In the last three years, the alleged hostilities between Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State and Rauf Aregbesola, his predecessor in office, stayed only...

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Buhari: When 2015 Comes!

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