Vanity asks the question- is it popular? Conscience asks the question-Is it right? -Martin Luther King Jnr. Very recently, I stumbled on a document where Havard...
Revolutions come in different format and in whatever format it comes the status quo takes it very seriously because of its potentials of massive upheaval. We...
Most of us who held our noses to support President Muhammadu Buhari again in the last election had hoped for true change, if he was re-elected....
Are Nigerians poorer today than they were in 2015? Yes, if we go by data and economic indicators. In June 2018, a report by the World...
Some leadership traits that were useful in the past might not be so today, because we are facing a situation that is totally different from the...
Caster Semenya, the South African two-time Olympic champion at 800 meters will not be eligible to participate at this year’s world track and field championships. The...
I seriously have problems with the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government. He has shown over these years that either he never prepared to lead a...
Within 13 hours, two mass shooting took place—in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio—killing 31 innocent people and injuring twice as many. We normally hear about...
“So, did you join the #RevolutionNow protests yesterday?” “Which Revolution?” “The #RevolutionNow protest led by Omoyele Sowore. The security people grabbed him ahead of the August...
After a rather long spell, it is time to pause our weekly diagnosis of the Nigerian condition and examine a raft of treacherous words or phrases...
People do not usually willfully kill dogs. When people kill dogs they first give the dog a bad name such as mad dog, dangerous dog, etc....
A nation that cannot control its energy sources can’t control its future- Barack Obama, the Audacity of Hope. Just the way the Federal Government came up...
We always say there are no permanent friends or foes in politics. Well, the same can be true beyond politics including some personal relationships. Africans at...
Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election has ended, but the contest is ongoing at the tribunal. Politics is a mean game – and politicians devise every means to...
The DSS cannot be accused of being fair-handed and unprejudiced. It has always been the political police of the existing regime. I recall in 2014 when...
In Prof. Rotimi Suberu’s political science class at the University of Ibadan, we talked about Power. Traditional Power which derived from royalty, Statutory Power which derived...
Senator Ahmed Lawan is the Chairman and President of Nigeria’s 9th National Assembly. His emergence as Senate President was prefaced by a lot of politicking and...
The much awaited announcement of the next level ministers has come and gone with its attendant hullabaloo. The denouement of the ministerial nominations was as expected...
After several knocks and post-inaugural countdown by Nigerians and the media, President Muhammadu Buhari bowed to pressure. He sent 43 ministerial nominees name to the Senate...
There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away-Winston S Churchill (the hinge of fate) For...
Why distract families from homes, children from schools and youths from progress by sending so many far away on ancient RUGA? Blame the British all you...
Ahmad Lawan has been dutiful in his obligation of inking ‘’rubber stamp’’ on the senate. Though he had said the senate, which he leads, would not...
You remain surprised at yourself, that despite the firm believe that you have lost the ability to be shocked by the present leadership of our country,...
It is sad to see the media replete with stories of violent crimes and the seeming helplessness of the people in tackling this malaise. Armed robbery,...
The challenge of development is arguably one of the greatest problems that have dominated world history. Aside from being difficult to fight a problem you cannot...
Reinforcing failure is trying to solve a problem with the same washed-out tools, methods and live-ware. A president is as good as his cabinet; this is...
The political tussle of supremacy in Edo State, for those of us who are concerned citizens, can best be described as an attempt by some retrogressive...
That was the insensitive quip from the self-acclaimed leader of the Yoruba’s just after he had gone to ‘mock’ the Afenifere leader who had just lost...
“Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need—not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a...
The supreme court is an “ecclesiastical order’’; it sits on high looking down on the ”lowly”. It dispenses in inexorable ‘’justice’’; justice not because it is...
Per Prof. Patrick Lumumba, people who are politically and intellectually bankrupt normally seek refuge in ethnicity and religion as their major fact of mobilization. The recent...
Those conversant with my online published weekly opinions on national issues would readily testify to the demonstrated fact that I have never been a fan of...
President Muhammadu Buhari is not only giving Nigeria a bad name with his handling of the herdsmen crisis, the good people of Fulani should also understand...
This is undeniably one of the most difficult times for the nonegenerian, Pa Reuben Fasoranti and his family as he continues to play back memories of...
The eyes see what they want to see. And the mind believes what the eyes see. In the Washington Post’s essay entitled, ‘Psychology explains why people...
By Fredrick Nwabufo… On Wednesday, June 12, Adenipekun Ademiju, a staff member of Atakumosa west local government area of Osun state embarked on a journey –...
By SOC Okenwa… Sometimes ago, four years now or thereabout, the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai, was passing by Zaria, a city in Kaduna...
By Ikechukwu Agada … In a country where strange things happen everyday and 16 is often greater than 19, few things can be counted as genuinely...
On the eve of the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union Heads of State that took place on the 7th of July 2019 in Niamey,...
I love reading my friend Mallam El Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State. You may not always agree with him. You may not like his style....
I pity folks who use the threat of war or those that fear it, as not understanding the fundermental essence of war. And here, I don’t...
One flaw that detracts from President Buhari’s strengths is tardiness; especially, his dilatory response to matters of importance. This is where an appreciable weakness of the...
These are not the best of times to be a Christian n Nigeria. The image and reputation of Christian leaders are at its lowest ebb with...
Abuja is fast gaining global notoriety for immorality. The Federal Capital Territory is often in the news lately for bad reasons, for scandals. When we were...
‘Creativity is ‘thinking up new things’, innovation is ‘doing new things’. In any society, there is no shortage of creativity or creative people; what is in...
By Oseloka H. Obaze… Public policies are made in the public and collective interest. Essentially, policy experts agree that public policymaking is a process and not...
By Fredrick Nwabufo… Self-determination is a universal principle no doubt, but its application is defined within the context of the law, norms and precepts of the...
COZA is the acronym of a church in Abuja, Nigeria, known as the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly. It is one of those Pentecostal churches that dot...
Timi Dakolo Is a man after my heart, highly talented and passionate. He is going through the kind of pain no man would wish for his...
By FredrickNwabufo… President Jonathan wore a winsome smile while donning Fulani clothing and trying on the tribal hat. It was on March 19, 2015; a few...
