After the Acting President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s successful visit to the United States of America, where he participated in the global summit on nuclear security, Nigerian diplomacy seems to have found approval amongst African states…
In northern Nigeria, the strong arms of Sharia law, cosmopolitan illiteracy and ubiquitous male dominance seem to be the undoing of most female emancipation advocacies. It is therefore thought provoking to realize that this region could produce a lady as influential as Turai…
The country lacks the resources that make a democratic nation thrive. When 60 per cent of the people live below poverty line, the ruling party’s main job is to keep them happy with or without satisfying their need…
Again, the Nigerian judiciary was in its full nudity in the trial of the petition by Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the AC governorship candidate in Ekiti State against the declaration of Mr. Segun Oni of the PDP as the winner of the highly dramatic bye election…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared a seven day national mourning in honor of Mr. Yar’Adua…
There is need for all to come to the roundtable and iron issues out such that a side won’t be like the big man throwing few coins at the greedy beggar who can’t help but ask for more. The reason is simple—we are all big men… or could be, if circumstances change…
There is no doubt that Ribadu acted on the directives of his boss, Obasanjo who dictated what happened at any given time. Ribadu nevertheless got the nod from the international community for his giant stride in the fight against corruption…
It is understood all over the world that one of the features of democracy is freedom of speech and allied freedoms. However, certain freedoms become an aberration given conditions and backgrounds surrounding their manifestations…
It is quite unfortunate that the ACF elders could be pushing for a Northern VP when they were supposed to use their experience to unite Nigeria…
The stories of municipal or private woes that have led to the worst financial crisis in decades in the West which led to rising debts, failing states like Greece and Iceland mirror the tale of woes that trailed the influx of Western consultants and loan peddlers in newly independent Africa in the 70s and 80s…
When Nigerians think about the disappointments of their perpetually infantile nation, they often focus narrowly on rigged elections and the abuses of their gluttonous public officials…