Respect is not shoveled out the way oil-blocks and contracts are rolled out to cronies in Nigeria. Respect is not free food in a paper plate or a hand-out received on demand. Respect is not a freebie tossed on your lap…
Dear Sir, your open letter to president Goodluck Jonathan few days ago, going viral on the internet and the media engendered the writing of this missive to you. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands…
Many religious folks nowadays say they’re called by God, yet they surround themselves with street urchins and questionable characters as bodyguards and workers…
I have thoroughly studied General Olusegun Obasanjo’s terse 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan. The letter dealt with the state of the nation, the disintegrating political party, the PDP, the ineffectiveness of societal institutions…
The same government that had told us that it had sent crime into exile was the same government that recently set up an inter-agency committee geared to examine the racketeering of sales of babies in the state…
Among the Nigerian political class, there are political he-goats, she-goats, rattle snakes and political turn-coats. They infest the political landscape like maggots…
Not a whole lot of positive news rushes out of Nigeria – especially lately, but one of the things we got absolutely right was our determined leadership and our drive in the pursuit of the emancipation of the Black man. Nigeria was right on point in its dogged fight for the liberation of all Africans, particularly in places like Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), and South Africa…
Last week, Transparency International, the global anti-corruption watchdog released its ranking of world corruption among countries. Nigeria was ranked the 25th most corrupt nation on earth…
After the South African experience, where human rights were systematically violated by the apartheid regimes with the connivance of civilized nations, it is no longer enough to pay lip service to human rights…
He was a people’s warrior. He never feared the brutality of Apartheid, stayed strong and he remained focussed in his historic struggles for emancipation of the people of South Africa. He also remains an icon of inspiration to millions across the globe…
2013 has been a hugely significant year for Africa. It is the year in which we lost so many significant personalities. Personalities who firmly stood as symbols of the African struggle to make Africa a better place…