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‘What are we all seeking? A form of government that will be comfortable, because it meets our needs, is not...

Several arguments have been advanced to explain the loss of the gubernatorial elections in Ekiti State by the incumbent, Kayode...

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

In Boko Haram attacks which have been claiming innocent lives, the issue of terrorism in Nigeria has become elevated to...

Alhaji Isa KAITA (1912-1994) was the Northern Region Minister for works between 1954-1957 and later Minister of Education between 1957-1966....

Where are you from? The first time this question was ever posed to me I assumed I was being asked...

“As little ones, when it's time for our goats to return to their pen and we couldn't find them, my...

A common narrative among lazy commentators and apologists of our often criticized government is one that accuses “Northern leadership” and...

“We support Fayose because he understands us. He is close to the common man and knows our problem”. ---------------------------------------------- While...

Nigeria is facing an unprecedented security challenge. The North East is in the grips of the Boko Haram insurgent group...

“The leading private agrochemical and biotechnology multinationals may project the technology as harmless, but the basis of their incorporation is...

Nigeria has afoot a debilitating moral crisis with the middle class as the causative agent. The steady decline leading to...

Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. The APC plan for a Muslim/Muslim ticket in this...

Boko Haram that has killed over 10,000 people is an eventual outcome of a progressive malaise in Northern Nigeria. Only that...

Since the 80s, and on a massive global scale that was motivated by the democratic awakening, the civil service finally...

Months away from elections, Cross River’s prospective candidates are all quiet, biding time for outgoing Gov. Imoke to declare his...

At 4:19 a.m. yesterday morning, INEC declared Ayo Fayose of the PDP as the winner of the Ekiti governorship election....

Anyone who has ever played a game online from a Nigerian IP address would understand the severe limitations of our...

"While internet warriors castigated Fayose and patrons of his rice, the man pushed on. He knew what the people wanted"...

''And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh and they shall be drunken with their own...

The National Conference has failed to address three pressing Abuja needs, namely, funding; administration, and the original inhabitants. In another...

If Jesus’ death was a sacrifice, it can only atone for sins committed before his death.  High priests don’t atone...

Immanuel Kant the German 18th century Enlightenment, and modernist, thinker summed up his account of ethics as worship in the...

In one of the articles published here, I noted that one of the reasons I hate religion is because it...

Globally, the strategic nature of security is constantly evolving. From the sea-pirates operating in the horn of Africa to the...