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In the euphoric days following the end of military rule, with Olusegun Obasanjo settled into his job as Nigeria’s President...

Book Review - Soldiers of Fortune: Nigerian Politics From Buhari to Babangida (1983 to 1993), Author – Max Siollun, Publisher...

I have never understood activism as practiced in Nigeria. I understand and support fighting for your right and and pursuing...

My dear Governor, since you assumed office as the executive governor of Anambra state, you have tried in various ways...

I was confused about the whole political logjam in the PDP this week. I read every book, watched all the...

I was recently reminded (facetiously I presume) by a “sister” of mine that “all this big English” will not take...

The complexity of the Syrian problem defies a straight jacket either /or analysis. On one hand it looks like an...

After several false starts by Turai & co. mimics to re-enact the tragi-comedy that played out during the last days...

“Except in the eyes of the extremely naive and incurable swindlers in the corridors of power, this country has already...

He was a distinguished bearer of many titles, notably Knight of Saint Mulumba, Grand Knight Emeritus, Udora Umuchu etc. Chief...

Nigeria is certainly passing through a dark phase in its history. From the wheeler-dealers that are called businessmen milking the...

I am a relatively young man, I know little about history and I won’t even pretend to lie or conjure up irrelevant and funny stories about the past just to deceive...

After becoming President, Jonathan blew the opportunity of becoming a statesman and, instead chose to become a gangster. He swallowed...

The anticipated centenary of Nigeria as a ‘country’ on January 1, 2014 speaks to the amalgamation and yoked co-existence of...

On the 5th of this month of September, 2013, it will be four years since the transition of Chief Oyesola...

A year to the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for jobs and Freedom and the benediction of Martin...

If you want to get rich quick, here is the Nigerian blueprint. But please, don’t tell anyone I “wiki-leaked” this...

In the foreword to my book titled “Politics and litigation in contemporary Nigeria”, Complete volume which was published in the year 2005,...

This missive is to appeal to members of Academic Staffs Union of Universities (ASUU), individually and collectively to consider the...

National development does not come in a vacuum, it has to be planned, strategized and implemented without interruption or selfishness....

In my column of 5th August, I had argued that the party system in Nigeria was being remoulded and indications...

God wasn’t joking when he inserted that bit about respecting your parents in the Ten Commandments.  For a long time...

I have spent the last couple of months acquainting myself with the goings on in our private universities. The (recent)...

We address you today as leaders of PDP, who are worried by the increasing repression, restrictions of freedom of association,...

The first part of this series focused on how the church has a role to play in nation building. We were able...