It was such a surprise to me when I returned home during the general elections of 2011 and my father announced proudly that he had stopped buying Tribune! If you …
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It is a great thing that the foremost opposition party in the country, the Action Congress of Nigeria, have begun to sound early warning signs to its members not to …
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It is that time of the year again when Nigerian politicians make bogus promises which they intend not to keep once elected into office. Lies, double speak and vain talk …
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The powers that be easily polarize Nigerians exactly because we allow them; they beat the drumbeats of tribe like Atiku and IBB when it is most convenient for them, like …
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Many have hailed the recent vote for independence by South Sudan from their Northern Arab neighbors after many years of bloody struggle. To some, it represents a fresh start for …
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Nigeria has three major problems troubling her at the moment: Police, PHCN and PDP. Is it a coincidence that these entities start with the letter “P”? I doubt it…
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I had a silly dream last night; yeah, that kind of dream. I had a dream which in the naturally befuddling Nigerian environment is nothing short of a dream…
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It is only a fool that will keep doing the same thing, and expect a different result… so paraphrased goes that wise saying. I cannot but come off with that …
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On Sunday, August 15, at the Otedola Millennium Estate end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, no fewer than 40 people lost their lives and about 25 vehicles were damaged in an …
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Perhaps as a result of our faltered pre-independence history, or our near preoccupation in post-independence Africa with the inefficiency of our governments, we hardly ask ourselves whatever should be of …
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Can someone spell out disconnected? Here the nation is in the throes of a nationwide doctors’ strike and the best and most imaginative program our president can come up with …
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Where does one begin? That this governor does not harass us the citizens with daily wail of sirens like his thirty-five other counterparts cannot wait to do? That this governor …
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When will Nigerian big men stop assaulting our intelligence? When will they stop defiling our land, our daughters and beating up our sisters?
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In life and six feet below the ground, Fela Anikulapo Kuti remains an enigma to be decoded to many and mystery to be unraveled by both his fans and detractors…
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The stories of municipal or private woes that have led to the worst financial crisis in decades in the West which led to rising debts, failing states like Greece and …
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The National Economic Council made up of State Governors, relevant Ministers and the Presidency came out with a heartwarming resolution to formally create a National Sovereign Wealth Fund…