Knowing where the rain began to beat us
With what I now know about the history of coup plotting in Nigeria, I will never again look at Ikoyi in the same way. I’m now much more attuned to…
Nigeria’s Industricide, And The Zebra Conflict
I happen to share offices in the same premises with one of the zonal offices of th Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN). In the last 9 years they have not…
Stunted Potentials Hobble Our Nation
Nigeria is a country devastated by poverty, insecurity, corruption and terrorism. The governance challenges are immense, while much of public policies now deliver poor outcomes. The budgeting process is a…
Help Phase Out Piracy, Tuface Begs Nigerians
Legendary Nigerian music artiste Innocent Idibia, better known as Tuface, has urged Nigerians to avoid purchasing pirated intellectual materials same way they would adulterated drugs. Speaking on Friday with the…
The politics of “deportation”
It is unlikely that the crisis generated by the “deportation” of some Nigerians from Lagos to Anambra State will abate anytime soon. Even though we are a nation of short…
The Bitter Truth About The Igbo
Permit me to make my second and final contribution to the raging debate about Lagos, who owns it and the seemingly endless tensions that exist between the igbo and the…
NSC: What Worked – The Abule Boys Dominance of Sports, then and Now
A hunting lion cannot be said to lack high mathematical intelligence in predicting movements of its prey just as humans, more so, we learnt in the modern age that quantum…
A united front
Nigeria`s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) faces its biggest threat in 14 years, after a newly formed opposition coalition was given the green light to contest a presidential election due…
Lagos, the Igbo and the servant truth
”The claim that the igbo helped to develop Lagos is hogwash. The major institutions of the south-west were developed by the diligence, hard-work, industry and sweat of the yoruba people.…
The APC’s greatest import
“Is the birth of the APC good for Nigeria? I can’t say until they’re tested. Is the birth of the APC good for Nigeria’s democracy? Absolutely!” –Ogunyemi Bukola After months…