It appears ‘power sharing’ rather than respect for electoral laws is gaining currency in Africa. Vanquished leaders have found a new strategy to perpetuate their leadership through fraudulent means…

What we have in Bayelsa State – the Cold War-like face-off between the Vice President and the State Governor – is not out of the ordinary. It is to be …

On Sunday, July 13th, 2008, new officers were elected to pilot the affairs of the Igbo professional think tank, Aka Ikenga. That event marked the end of the eventful two-terms …

Although this regime has a 7 point agenda to create vast amounts of wealth for the nation, unchecked, it does a poor job at redistributing the wealth…

The achievements of Soyinka as a crusader and concerned citizen indict my generation for relegating to the background our civic responsibility of engaging those in leadership positions constructively…

The word “Patriotism” projects a vision of billions of Chinese waving flags, or millions of Americans waving flags and singing their national anthems with nationalistic emotions. Well, don’t we do …

In as much as secession seems a rather frightening prospect, it will still be totally erroneous to condemn the MASSOB activists fighting for the actualisation and resurrection of Biafra, as …

18 years after betraying a childhood love, here I am struck by the sudden appearance of my bank’s Client Relation Officer who bears every semblance of Yemi, my heartbroken first …

Procrastination has made failures out of many potential successful people as so many people have not tapped into their tremendous potential and the genius ability within…

The Yar’Adua administration faces serious challenges on several fronts: strengthening the economy, abating restiveness, creating jobs and reducing unemployment; competitiveness in the global market…