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At the root of the Boko Haram menace is the continued failure of the intelligence community to understand the role...

By the end of the century, the U.N. projects that Nigeria’s population would be between 900 million and 1 billion,...

Dear President Jonathan, Mr. Odia Ofeimun and I are not the best of pals. Neither are we the worst of...

The debate on tobacco control is rather a generational one that has transcended decades if not centuries. There seems to...

This is a difficult conversation for me given my history of active engagement in ASUU, especially during its formative years....

By definition, an “Act of God” absolves each one of us of personal responsibility. If God wills it, what does...

I may be wrong but President Goodluck Jonathan’s gotta be one of the most underappreciated leaders of our time, maybe...

Since I first made known my initial reaction to President Jonathan’s proposed National Dialogue/Conference, the daggers have been out against...

The decision of President Jonathan to set up a committee to work out modalities for a National Conference shows that...

President Jonathan recently constituted a committee to midwife what had been called   a national “dialogue”. The pronouncements of the president...

SHOCKS OF EXCRUCIATING PAIN RADIATE ACROSS THE SIDE OF THE FACE LIKE A FIERCE ELECTRIC SHOCK. IT FEELS LIKE A...

In the first part of this series, we established that the reason for the many disheartening news coming out of ‘the pew...

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

It has happened yet again. A fishing boat carrying an estimated 500 migrants mainly from Somalia and Eritrea sank off...

Just when the Jonathan government was celebrating the dummy they sold to Nigerians about a National Dialogue or when they...

If the tyre manufacturers abandoned Nigeria for neighboring countries of Ghana etc, in the past, has anything changed to warrant...

Permit me to begin this contribution with the words of Senator Femi Okurounmu who is the Chairman of the President's...

“By inclusion I mean every Nigerian must be allowed to freely speak his mind.” At last, the Sovereign authorities have accepted...

In an age of “transformation” the quick change from the proclamation of “National Conference” – now a dead issue into...

A pall of sorrow, tears and grief descended on the entire country last Thursday. This was triggered by the unfortunate...

Over lunch at the Ocean View restaurant on a humid July afternoon in Lagos, my good friend Yinka Odumakin sought...

The strength of Harvard University’s endowment fund is quite exceptional, because the 30 billion that the university makes from its...

I am certain there are others who, like me, received invitations to the recent edition of the Storymoja/Hay Literature Festival...

Dear Distinguished Senators, I am writing this letter to you in the month of Nigeria’s independence anniversary. This is not...

Last week, I was concerned with how much the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recent measures for managing the demand...