Saraki: Loyalty on Trial
Loyalty is a key ingredient in power. It is an ingredient that requires believers in a cause, institution or person to stay true to the cause at all times by…
Why Wole Soyinka is Quarrelling With Olusegun Obasanjo
On a certain day in August 2015, the internationally respected Nobel Literature Prize winner Professor Wole Soyinka told the world that he has commenced the writing of a book that…
A Tale of Two Jonathans
Two recent stories about former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan are likely to have conflicting impacts on his supporters and also on the trajectory of his post-presidency life. The first story…
“The Errors of Amaechi, The Weapons of His Enemies
Whatever once the power to float your boat can still rock your world. Today’s friends can become tomorrow’s enemies. The ones who once put an hedge around you to protect…
Is Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Bumbling or Conniving?
Bumbling: Move or act in an awkward or confused manner:. Oxford Dictionary Conniving: Someone conniving is calculating, scheming, and shrewd — in other words, sneaky and up to no good.…
Gov. Okowa `s Appointments And The APC Vilification of his Principal Secretary.
“Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not…
Re-thinking Boko Haram
On 20 September 2015 coordinated bomb attacks in the satellite towns of Nyanya and Kuje, near Abuja, claimed about 20 lives while over 40 others sustained various degrees of injuries.…
Memo to President Buhari: Time to halt the downward slide in sports
President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress’ (APC) dream of youth empowerment may turn out to be a mirage, unless they turn around the sports industry which has the potential…
The Carnage Of The Cattlerearers
I support the call by Afenifere that all Fulani herdsmen should be banned from the south-west. Actually I believe that they should be banned from the entire south and not…
Full Text of President Buhari`s Independence Day Speech
October 1st is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in because it is the day, 55 years ago; we liberated ourselves…