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So, finally, we are a bigger economy than South Africa. Indeed, at US$509 billion (estimates for last year), we now...

The social media was abuzz late last week by some emerging news from Nigeria. Normally, when the social media goes...

Delegates in one voice agreed that Nigeria cannot make any significant progress unless corruption was tackled with a sledge-hammer. Last...

For Nigeria to grow, the writer says, we must try and work in the interest of our own population, and...

In Nigeria and across Africa, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a daily reality for many children, families and communities. Despite...

Introduction A pall of darkness has suddenly descended on the judiciary in Nigeria. Its genesis is the brouhaha surrounding the...

‘’The last notable Christian-Christian ticket was Awolowo-Umeadi in 1979 and the last notable Muslim-Muslim ticket was Abiola-Kingibe in 1993. You...

Having sex in the dream is an index of lack of spiritual fervency.    A colleague brought a fourteen year-old...

“Rape! The mere sound of the word sends an uncomfortable yet distinct shiver down the spine.” Finally, four men have...

“In a country where ‘I am loyal’ is a salutation; successive presidents may expect a CBN Governor who is loyal...

The marble plaque commemorating the founding of the primary health centre in Oboto, a peri-urban agrarian community in Ondo state,...

This column is kiss-ing Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala this week. It will in fact be the shortest piece I’ve ever offered...

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

Every day, through secret contracts being carried out within public institutions, there is confirmation that the interest of the public...

“The President has spent a great part of the current year junketing across the globe with public funds in needless...

On March 28, 2014, in Arusha, Tanzania, Africa’s highest court, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, delivered a...

The PDP and its may communicators must come to terms with the responsibility they carry on their shoulders With the...

My mom is Idoma, from Benue State while my dad is Fulani from Kano State. They met in 1979 when...

"The answer is simple; I am worried about the self-defeatist attitude in some of our youth. They believe 'long leg'...

Sunday's attack is a bollix, and a major embarrassment for Nigeria. May we find safety from the evil of ourselves!...

The PDP and the APC have decided to form a grand coalition in order to lay the foundation for the...

Writer presses the argument of a united Nigeria. It was not for nothing that President Goodluck Jonathan at the inauguration...

"…the decisions that most affect our lives as Nigerians are made with the same attention to detail as decisions about...

Right now, I have before me two documents: the Bill proposed to the Nigerian parliament in 2006 to “make provisions...

Over the next three months, (or longer, as I understand some delegates are already campaigning for an extension of the...