Whenever I’m invited to reflect critically on the condition of the state in Africa using Nigeria as an example, I always love to unpack the philosophical underpinnings of Orile Ede, …
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My issue with Obasanjo is his abject abdication of responsibility and refusal to take the blame, as a good and great leader should do. He practically admitted that people in …
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People always think politics is a game, but I always beg to differ. It is no longer a game when politicians make political decisions which affect the lives of millions …
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Nigeria deserves a better government that will be responsive to the yearnings of its people. Records indicate that twelve of the last thirteen Nigerian Presidents and Heads of State were …
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The State of Ibadan should be seen as a vehicle of development and social engineering. It has proved its worth both in gold and silver. Ibadan has accommodated the Egbas, …
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Our Minister for Justice and Attorney General has always been a barrier and stumbling block to progress in the anti-corruption fight. I really cannot comprehend how Nigeria came to have …
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It takes a sophisticated degree of disingenuousness for anybody to refuse to understand that the greatest impediment to the Nigerian brand – if there is any – is the Nigerian …
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Nigeria’s image problem has a long history. It is the cumulative outcome of many years of failure to which various governments have contributed their share in varying measures…
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Minority citizens are typically marginalized from the affluent political society and have little representation or voice in public and political debates, making it even harder to escape poverty…
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At the risk of sounding sanctimonious and being accused of being in support of Obasanjo, I have always been of the conviction that on the balance of probability, Obasanjo might …
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Nigeria has unveiled a new logo and slogan for its national rebranding campaign which the Information and Communications Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili says signals the march towards national re-birth…
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It is impossible for any modern computer software or calculator to keep track of the dizzying number of Nigerians who die like goats every day…
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Many Nigerians are unwilling to share the optimism of the president on the eventual realization of the goals of Vision 2020, which the inimitable writer and poet, Olatunji Dare, recently …
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Trafficking is the worst example of how Nigerians overseas are mistreated and how no government has ever done anything to safeguard the simple human dignity of Nigerians outside the country…
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Living in Europe and observing how “systems” and institutions work complementarily has made it impossible for some of us to think less about Nigeria. My few years exposure in Europe …
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What is going on in all the three tiers of government is tantamount to, if not worse than, bold-faced, daylight armed robbery of the people of Nigeria. It is calculated …