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For anyone who has not read Professor Charles Soludo’s article in the Vanguard (online version) on January 25 2015, I would encourage them to do so. It is littered with abusive and unbecoming language. It shows how an embittered loser in the Nigerian political space can get so derailed that they commit intellectual harakiri by […]

I welcome you warmly once again to our traditional 100 day briefing on the state of our State and the progress report on our social contract. This is the 28th consecutive time that our administration will give this kind of report, either through me directly or through the members of the State Executive Council. As […]

Reason for Macroeconomic Policy This serves as a companion to my recent commentary on slumping oil prices. As hoped, that prior intervention helped stir discussion on the critical issue of our economic wellbeing and the best policy direction to take in order to ensure that well-being. I would like to expand the discussion from the […]

Contrary to the mirth some later day revisionists peddle around these days, Buhari was very active in the coup that ousted the Shagari democratic government.

I have just read the diatribe of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode against me in reaction to my submission in my earlier release of Sunday, January 18, 2015, that the President has no single aversion against corruption by appointing him as spokesperson for his campaign organization when he is facing corruption charges in court. And that this […]

Democracy, as globally understood, is a system where rights of every citizen are not only fundamental to the sustenance of the system but legal, having been made constitutional. These rights include right to life, right to education, right to work, right to shelter, right of association, right to vote and be voted for, freedom of […]

In more than a decade since the end of its military rule, Nigeria has made significant strides toward solidifying itself as a bastion of democracy. Today, Nigeria prides itself as a country with open elections and freedom of the press, the right to due process and an independent judiciary.  But in spite of the substantial […]

Your Excellency Sir, Please do permit us to wish you a very blissful and Merry Christmas. With utmost respect to your person, and the office you occupy as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, we will like to simply introduce ourselves as citizens of Nigeria, variously domiciled in many parts of the world, […]

Why are Nigerian lawmakers threatening President Goodluck Jonathan with impeachment? When former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, opens his mouth to talk about governance in Nigeria, what usually comes out is poison. Recently the former president labelled many Nigerian federal legislators as thieves and looters. According to him, they indulge in extorting money from departments, contractors […]

Nothing in the entire world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr. Her name, simply Mama Ebuke, an Ebonyi woman, she has known nothing but suffering carrying wares from one street to the other, if she’s not on Tafawa Balewa street, she’s on Ahmadu Bello way, and on that […]

At least 35 people died in a bombing and shootout at the central mosque in Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city, on 28th November While the rest of us were contemplating our forebears and noshing on turkey and stuffing, the ministers of OPEC last Thursday said they would not cut production. The immediate result was a […]

Other than water, oil is likely the single most important natural resource in the world. Its discovery, extraction and trade have been responsible for many wars, political instability and ecological tragedies.  Even so, it is responsible for the wealth of countless individuals, nations, and corporations and impacts the global economy as no other resource in […]