President Muhammadu Buhari General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) will leave office on 29 May after eight uneventful years. We hope it...

My admonition is that as a nation, we shouldn’t be afraid to walk the road less travelled. To paraphrase the...

On Thursday, April 7, in Abuja, there will be an official launch of a foundation in honour of Innocent Chukwuma,...

For a people in search of a meaningful national identity, I worry when we miss any opportunity – no matter...

Nigeria’s celebrated novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is an interviewer’s delight, whether she is talking about Nigeria, novels, feminism or hair....

I have always advocated for a full-scale socio-political restructuring of Nigeria. The reason is simple. Unless we do, we will...

“So bad is it that today, we import everything from toothpick to matches and export nothing except crude oil which...

“Which people or what interest do our “northern” hegemonists represent?” This piece is not a response to the “North’s” position...

There are two basic questions that must be answered by all of us Nigerians. One, do we want to remain...

It’s almost a week since the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) job recruitment tragedy that claimed the lives of many young...

Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, will on Monday, March 17, 2014, inaugurate the 492-member National Conference whose task is to redefine...

Olusegun Obasanjo’s damning letter to President Goodluck Jonathan must rank as the most narcissistic (and the narcissism of our rulers...

During his Independence Day broadcast on October 1, President Goodluck Jonathan announced to a somewhat surprised nation his intention to...

I didn’t imagine I would return to this column, although temporarily, so soon after I decided to take a long...

I am happy writing about twenty years of what has become an institution, one that is very dear to me....

I borrowed the title of this piece from my new book, Nigeria is Negotiable, which is due for public presentation...

Now is the time to tinker with the structure of our federation that makes it possible that 10 million of...

No topic has generated as much interest in the ongoing bogus constitution amendment process as the issue of local government...

If there was any doubt that she is in charge of the country, it was dispelled last week with what...

This should be the question on the lips of every man and woman of conscience, considering the acquittal last week...

This piece has nothing to do with what is happening in Egypt. Ultimately, Nigerians, based on their experience and the...

We must state unequivocally that we have no illusion about the present order. We do not think that the present...

I would be deluding myself if I imagined that my article last week, “2015: Who will defeat Jonathan?” would not...

Let me say from the outset that it would be scandalous and a grave mistake for the opposition – and...

“I betrayed my very genuine friend for 25 years. From the day we met, there was rapport. I had my...