Reducing democratic activity to simply employing the right to vote is a true setback to the practical application of the concept of democracy, of which voting is but a final seal…
Today, exactly to the day, thirty-three years ago, Nigerians woke up to the sounds of martial music and the inebriated voice of a Lieutenant Colonel Buka Suka Dimka of the Nigerian Army on Radio Nigeria…
Her eyes met mine and didn’t blink out of shyness and rather than look down like other damsels, she smiled gaily at me. Not sure I returned her smile but she innocently giggled at the sight of me. How could I flirt with an under aged…
Iran's Unchallenged Progress to the Nuclear Club: A Threat to World Peace
by Ossie Ezeaku
by Ossie Ezeaku
Iran has now a presence in space! She has launched her first two-stage satellite into orbit. A situation that has put the new administration in Washington on the defensive…
In some ways it is not strange, that those who become accustomed to operating at the centre of the circles of power, invariably develop a sense of entitlement and an insatiable appetite for power, leaving them devoid of any other purpose in life…
Sikiru Adepoju, an obscure and uncelebrated Naija percussionist, made Nigeria proud at the Grammys as part of the Global Drum Project quartet…
It is a pity that the Labour Party is fighting it dirty and making politics look like a do or die affair. Politics is not dirty. Neither should it be as vicious…
The young man asked me to help convince his father, Mackson, to submit himself to a blood test to verify his paternity…
If there is one institution in Nigeria and Africa that has stood the test of time, it is our traditional extended family system. It has weathered and is still weathering well programmed western spells and storms…
It appears to me that many Nigerian leaders do not understand what it takes to alleviate the suffering of the poor masses of the country. Their programmes for poverty alleviation can hardly build people’s lives and provide them with better living conditions…
The rulers of Nigeria have transformed orisirisi into a curious philosophy of governance. Orisirisi leadership plus orisirisi followership equals orisirisi country. Thus, we are the world’s most prolific supplier of farce…