It is a common knowledge that the Ijaw Youths Council recently issued a release which among other remarks stated that;…
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Two recent governance events underlined the waning strength of government in our democracy. Contextually, the waning strength of government is…
“We have no friends among you” – Justice Nikki Tobi The Supreme Court of Nigeria is the nation’s final court…
A stone that is visible cannot destroy a hoe. Rwandan Proverb I am tucked in my hotel room in the…
He was the prototypical strong man softened by tactical reforms, blissfully ignorant before the fall, blown off in the violent…
The protestor of school age sported a placard featuring a distorted caricature of Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison: “Scomo liked…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent replacement of the Economic Management Team (EMT) headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo with an Economic…
We are told that South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa apologised on Saturday for the xenophobic attacks against foreigners living in…
“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under…
Violent crime, such as armed robbery, assault, carjacking, kidnapping, and rape is almost commonplace throughout the country. Most Travel Advisory…
Thanks to the Kaduna Book and Arts Festival for reminding us that the African story is being told by our…
There was something richly amusing in the move: three judges, sitting in Scotland’s highest court of appeal, had little time…
It is very common for politicians to admonish their opponents not to play politics with an issue, even when that…
The past few days have been dominated by media headlines about ‘xenophobic attacks’ on foreigners, essentially Nigerians, in South Africa.…
The recent news that the United States’ Department of Justice has indicted 80 individuals, 78 of whom are Nigerians, (mostly…
…what is the value of calling on security agencies to save us when they are sometimes the problem? This week,…
Nigerians are increasingly conscious that they urgently need to be governed. The general feeling in the country is that we…
Alhaji Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu is a Nigerian you cannot ignore – love or hate him. The former Lagos State…
Omoyele Sowore, former Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and publisher of the online citizen newspaper, Sahara Reporters,…
Controversy has trailed the recent decision by the Federal Government to proscribe and designate the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN)…
“Otedola has made me, I can play football again,” Christian Chukwu, the 68 year-old former Captain of Enugu Rangers, former…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has once again written an open letter to Muhammadu Buhari – barely two months after another…
On Wednesday, June 12, Adenipekun Ademiju, a staff member of Atakumosa west local government area of Osun state embarked on a…
I recollect vividly as if it happened yesterday — the day I first had a one-on-one with Mr Nduka Obaigbena,…
Following the outcry from the Southern parts of the country and the Middle Belt over plans by the government to…
Today is exactly 35 days since Buhari was inaugurated for a second term in office. It is also exactly 127…
Today’s reflection was inspired by Buhari’s recent reiteration of the determination of his government to run ‘an inclusive government ’.…
With the February 2019 general electoral over, and the intrigues that surrounded the out-of-the-ordinary election of the 9th Assembly principal officers…
We all have dreams. We all have aspirations; something we are hoping to achieve one day. But when it comes…
There must be something about political power that makes otherwise good men to act contrary to expectations once in power.…