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Death is inevitable. It is however, not the terminal end of man’s life, but the beginning of a journey into...

This is a very difficult period for many families, but it is even more so for the whole country, dealing...

‘What the recent hit-and-run attacks by the insurgents portend is that the battle against terrorism has entered a new phase...

The Ghanaian poet and diplomat, Kofi Awoonor, was one of the fifty-nine people murdered last month in Nairobi by Islamist...

The Nigerian public service is irretrievably dysfunctional with the cardinal characteristic as a silo of corruption. The civil servants and...

Kashe kwarkwatar ido (literally translated as killing the lice on your eyes) is a common Hausa adage which can perhaps...

Making light of the situation helps us cope with the constant threat of violence. In December 2010, Nigeria experienced its...

Sometimes you want to just focus on the good, happy, cheering news, but the deluge of bad, depressing news just...

Last week, I participated in the interactive session on civil-military relations at the 2 Division of the Nigerian Army in...

It’s not every day that you walk on the streets or departure and arrival lounges of airports in western countries...

Are there doubts about the record of the current federal government? Yes. Its boosters point to a succession of stellar...

The ethics of motive is an aspect of ethics that allows us inspect and assess the moral worth of an...

Continue from here. The second source of funding that will help universities in Africa is inter-regional consolidation. If you take...

Apart from the outrage most felt at the tenacious sit-tight attitude of the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, after our...

The central issue in that, with respect to the car procurement scandal, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, , has put little or no...

Where does Nigeria stand today?  Today, we loiter on the road of confusion because we are guided by leaders who...

And just like that, President Jonathan took the wind out of his own sails! With his Independence Day announcement, and...

Nigeria is the only elephant in black Africa. However, the onus is on us to ensure that this elephant does...

In my column last week, I called for a broader strategy by ASUU including taking the National Assembly more seriously...

What is the problem with Nigeria? For good reasons, there are as many answers to this question, as there are...

By now, Stella Oduah would have realized that bit of Biblical text in Ecclesiastes that a season for everything is...

Can I begin by thanking the organizers for convening this event and for the privilege of promoting me to a...

I was born on October 16th in the year of our Lord 1960 and consequently I celebrated my 53rd birthday...

The American democracy works in a combination of simple and complex ways. Thus some broad explanation may be necessary. Also,...

In January this year the Channels Television broadcast disturbing stories on the dilapidated state of the Ikeja Police College. Embarrassed...