In 1960, as a junior clerk in the Accounts Department of Nigerian Ports Authority, Port Harcourt, I used to board the NPA steamer to go and pay dock workers in…
WHAT is the state of Nigerian State? This tasking, delicate question was put to the four hundred (400) level students of the Department of Political Science, class of 2000, of…
The historian’s duty is to separate the true from the false, the certain from the uncertain, and the doubtful from that which cannot be accepted – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe…
The ungovernable nature of the Nigerian state point to the abysmal failure of Lord Lugard’s amalgamation diplomacy, especially in the political sphere. The amalgamation was not motivated by good faith,…
A few weeks ago, I was having a discussion with my brother-in-law and he straight out called the president of an African country a “woman wrapper”. Naturally, I asked him…
Last Saturday (February 21, 2015), President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the oldest head of state on planet earth, turned 91. He has ruled Zimbabwe for 35 years – since 1980…
The presidential campaign team of the PDP and their presidential flag bearer, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan must know something we do not know about the electoral value of the monarchs in…
ME: Sir, thank you for taking time to grant me this exclusive interview. I am grateful Sir. Mr PREZ: You’re welcome, my brother. ME: My first question is, do you…
Not a few across the world are convinced that it has become completely impossible to feel any sympathy for President Robert Mugabe no matter what happens to him. Mugabe’s 35-year…
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever”. Beauty must be maintained with diligence. Pa Ebinum of Onobo, always reminded his beautiful daughter, Alice, that “if one neglects that which…
Just yesterday, I was discussing with my colleagues concerning the much vaunted ‘independence’ of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. We were all to observe that in Nigeria and indeed…