Africa should be left alone because the history of Western influence and intervention has been on the balance overwhelmingly negative, beginning with the missionaries who wanted to help the “poor, sad and hungry people of Africa” to the aid-industry which followed it…
I am sure that President Obasanjo, in his own mind, probably believed he was doing something praiseworthy and proper by his decision to offer Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the job of Federal Minister of Finance on the terms and conditions that are totally out of sync with our country's crumbling financial status and circumstance…
The Nigerian government has never shied away from its responsibility to do whatever is necessary to protect revenue from oil. Anyone in doubt of this merely needs to recall or pay a visit to Odi…
Actor, Producer and director Fred Amata is of the well-known Amata show business family. One of the pioneers of the Nigerian movie industry, Fred is better known these days as…
The cost of allowing the NYSC to remain far outweighs its benefits and a rapid, dramatic rule driven by the intent to create a model for future leaders, augmented with a requirement that qualifications and fairness be used in hiring our new graduates will perhaps set a portal towards a balanced approach to eradicating corruption at some levels…
Discrimination is still a long way from being ended in God's own country and Leader of the Free World. That is the bad News. The good News is that America has come a long, long way in seeking racial equality, and has arguably done a far better job in that regard than any other country in this planet…
George W. Bush knows that for him to win in November he needs to urgently address the three important "M" in American Politics, namely Money, Message and Momentum. He is aware he is currently losing the last two, but has more than won the first "M" which is cash…
A rabid, malignant cancer of tribalism has eaten deeply into our national psyche so much that all mental and physical actions of almost every Nigerian are dictated by personal and sectional interests…
Can anyone think of Nigeria, in the last thirty years or so, without Olusegun Obasanjo? He is the custodian of political-goodies; he is the man with both raw and refined power and unbridled influence…
Buhari made obvious mistakes when he ruled the nation and he is yet to come out outright and acknowledge that, so he can begin to live an honorable life and establish a foundation for future opportunities…
In Nigeria, selecting party chairmen is always subject to the zonal system of picking our political leaders. Every position is zoned to a particular area regardless of merit and need. You could therefore have a political buffoon and an amateur becoming party chairman…