The government of every nation is established to make use of men of integrity, honesty and patriotism to integrate all social, political, economical and environmental systems in a plan for all citizen…
It was my friend who called. In my half-sleep state, I could make out the words “bombing,” “church,” and “Catholic.” I mumbled “hun-hun” and hurriedly hung up. She called back…
Perhaps, aside from the harrowing experience of the unfortunate 30-month Civil War that raged between 1967 and 1970, which virtually tore apart the nation’s social fabric still dangerously holding the people together till this day, the parlous, testy state of affairs in Nigeria’s socio-economic and political systems in recent times definitely calls for an urgent remedy…
Allocating 72% of the budget to recurrent expenditure seems to me very outrageous, and a move away from the government mantra of fiscal prudence. Though, as one analyst observes, it is not easy to cut recurrent expenditure in one fell swoop…
See, the lazy man analysis of some kind of sectarian dimension to the ongoing crisis ignores a larger problem: that of indifference that has been rocking our nation since the 1980s. On three dimensions, we the citizens of Nigeria have been indifferent and today the chicken is coming home to roost…
To say the least, the submissive and tepid reaction of the Nigerian President to the latest round of violence unleashed on the citizenry by Boko Haram was irksome and left a sour taste in the mouth…
Humanity is gradually losing the essence of life, a growing global village gradually being swallowed up in an endless ocean of uncertainty, suspicion and apprehension…
The recent death of secessionist General Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu has reawakened the need, alas the urgency, for a Nigerian national debate about this very cataclysmic part of our national history…
Last Sunday, Nigeria made another bloody bid for global infamy as bombs detonated in churches in Abuja and elsewhere in the country. At the time of this writing, the death toll stood at more than twenty-five, and was expected to rise. That’s a staggering loss of live…
Our civic hygiene will not be cleansed and respect for the rule of law will not be sustained until our judicial system are forced to respect others’ time and abide by timetables just as ordinary citizens must…
How can this country come back to the part of honour when even the president has an eye for violence? It is saddening that the president threatened the nation he is heading. What an economic interest!