Apart from being widely known as the dictator under whom corruption became state policy in Nigeria, retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, erstwhile military “President” of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, …
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The submissions in this discourse are bound to stir up a lot of dust, with some sentimentalists choosing to castigate my submissions as either the insipid wisecracks of a godless …
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Come 2019, the citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will once again participate in another General Election, and as has become the tradition in these parts, the members of …
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The recent abduction of 110 students of Government Girls Technical School, Dapchi, Yobe State, by suspected Boko Haram elements, was a disaster waiting to happen; one that has obviously rubbished …
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Man has dominated man to his injury – Ecclesiastes 8:9 There are several overt and covert reasons why the Nigerian State has remained backward in virtually all segments of …
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The need for an urgent restructuring of the Nigerian federation has never been as expedient as it has become of late. The escalation in the volume of secessionist agitations in …
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The plethora of arguments centering on the unjust structuring of the Nigerian federation by the colonial masters, which gave the North an unfair advantage over the South in the distribution …
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I have been called an “Igbo apologist”, a “basket mouth” and other derogatory and demeaning names due to my incessant calls for a better deal for the people of the …
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There is an age long presumption in Nigeria’s political discourse about the existence of a Hausa-Fulani axis of evil that has supposedly monopolized the country’s politics since the infamous amalgamation …
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I woke up from my nightmarish slumber with a loud scream that woke up everybody in my house. Sitting up on my bed, I asked my startled wife for a …
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Everything I see about me is sowing the seeds of a revolution that is inevitable, though I shall not have the pleasure of seeing it. The lightning is so close …
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The international media has being agog, in recent weeks, with reports that the Donald Trump administration was close to closing a mega $600M deal to permit the sale of a …
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Democratic governance is a two-way activity involving the complementary actions of the popular sovereigns (the citizenry) and the political sovereigns (elected leaders or representatives). It is a relationship that is …
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Good governance is a democratic idea and process that is animated and activated through the actions of altruistic leaders committed to the provision of the greatest happiness for the greatest …
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The outcome of the Edo State Governorship Election held on September 28, 2016, which produced a winner in the mold of Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki of the All Progressive Congress, …
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After the initial postponement, consequent to negative security reports emanating from across the state, the much awaited Edo 2016 Gubernatorial Election was finally held on the 28th day of September, …