We did not call for break-up of Nigeria when Awolowo was rigged out of Nigerian Presidency in 1983. Yet the late sage’s family magnanimously overlooked it when we jumped from …
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The recent Court arraignment of three ex-Governors by the EFCC for embezzlement of State Funds to the tune of over One Hundred Billion Naira is evidence that our Public Officers …
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Ours is a revolution against waste, fraud and abuse and the vampires who have held Nigerians in political and economic bondage for fifty years. It is a revolution for accountability …
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The recent revelation that members of Nigeria’s National Assembly are the highest paid in the world raises significant questions not only on the need for effective checks and balances on …
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We concede that there is need for urgent reform activity to restore the waning public confidence in the administration of justice as well as address new vistas of challenges, change …
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Prolonged Military Dictatorship stunted Nigeria’s democratic growth and its socio-economic development. Dictators created and fostered a culture of impunity in the entire executive and judicial arms of government. They abrogated …
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These are very delicate times in Nigeria. The challenge of another peaceful democratic transition through democratic elections early next year – 2011, stares us in the face…
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The desperation of West Africans to emigrate to Europe and America – not in search of any “golden fleece” but in search of a better life – is mind-boggling. Thanks …
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The Youths of Nigeria have never really known and may never know true democracy…
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Common Sense should have told Ibrahim Babangida, head of the illegal Military junta that ruled Nigeria 1985-1993, that his current image-laundering exercise in the guise of Presidential Contest is no …
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To many Nigerians, Zik was an enigma. Richly endowed by Deity with an array of talents, Zik could rightly be described as a man who came before his time. To …
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Despite military dictatorship, Chief Benson exuded courage objectivity and independence. He used full-page paid advertisements to express his views on crucial National Matters so that you could not be in …
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Like him or hate him, Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu would forever remain an enigma in the Nigerian political horizon. One easily forgets that this great Nigerian was a career Civil …
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Azikwe and Awolowo were the greatest leaders our Nation ever produced. Both deserved to lead the Nation for whose independence they had put their lives on line, but neither got the chance …
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Buhari’s intervention ended up making things worse because his successors shamelessly looted Nigeria blind. I hope Nigeria does not end up in an endless cycle of misrule by the same …
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Our problem is not just with learning to live the democratic way of life. Democracy is not the answer to all our national travails though it is the magic wand …
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