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Each time I read of our governments (central and sub-national) contracting new debt, I cringe. Several years back, a friend...

BACKGROUND: Because historically we have been at the fore of the social forces agitating for and demanding for a National...

In September 2012 when another scandal of the now well known -family run Nigerian corruption –the oil subsidy theft- broke...

Until you hear the Scotsman play the bagpipes in the early morning mist of the Scottish highlands, you have heard...

Dreams are God’s parables of the night. Therefore, they have to be deciphered. In the scriptures, God often spoke to...

Within a week many developments occurred in a jiffy. From the arrest of the suspected killers of Islamic Cleric, Sheik...

Mr. Effanga believes the following set of people should not pretend to celebrate womanhood as the world marks the International...

Those who defend Abacha are thieves, the author argues. Only a thief will give an award to a thief. Giving...

Dear Sadiq Abacha, I am going to appeal to the wisdom of the ‘law of excluded middle’ you so brilliantly...

Letter From Nigerian Dictator Son To Wole Soyinka-Ayo Sogunro Replies Sadiq Abacha Dear Sadiq Abacha, I do not know you...

An Open Lecture/Letter to Professor Wole Soyinka, By Sadiq Abacha  If you want to think, speak and act logically then...

I was hanging out with a friend, a very informed businessman and one of the last species of optimists who...

When I first penned the piece, Boko Haram Sponsor Discovered In The Presidency, I never thought anyone will believe what...

Hon. Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, CJN (Rtd.) was on Monday, March 3, 2014 rightly appointed the Chairman of  the National...

"The reality is that fighting such an entrenched insurgency anywhere will be a gruelling and bloody war of attrition". In...

(Keynote lecture delivered at the Obafemi Awolowo Birthday Anniversary Symposium Convened by the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation. Lagos, March 4, 2014)...

The way the Nigerian media largely ignored the Centenary celebrations underscores how a government and its public can see things...

‘By now, I believe the security agencies should have the list of suspects who are collaborating with these terrorists in...

“Life is not about you alone. It is about others as well, and toping the chart are your noble parents.”...

For those unaware of its source, I might as well state from the outset that the title of this column...

Out of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Igbo have by far the worst politicians. Among the different...

Author suggests that Nigerians become proactive, in the face of government’s ineptitude It took eight whole hours for Nigeria’s army...

Last week, someone from the Presidency finally admitted that there is a war going on. Dr Doyin Okupe, the Senior...

My attention was drawn, last week, to the possibility that the American government may be behind the random acts of...

Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca, the American businessman, titled his 2007 bestseller Where Have All the Leaders Gone? In the book, Iacocca...