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The administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was our last collective journey to the past as a country. The battle between the government and the ordinary people was a battle for …

INTRODUCTION Assessing elected officials on a 100 day period has gained a worldwide phenomenon and is usually used to predict the direction of a government in power. As it is …

I have consistently maintained in my various writings that Buhari’s mind is imbued with the mind of a leader. You do not have to agree with this writer. The news …

Every journey starts with a single step and every presidency begins with the first 100 days in office and every president’s 100 days in office is very vital in its …

The age-long ethnic division and mutual suspicion among Nigerians have been brought to the fore once again. President Buhari recently announced the appointment of six individuals including the Secretary to …

Let me make a confession from the outset. I have always been a fan of President Muhammadu Buhari and I didn’t hide my admiration for him. On the four occasions …

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep – Holy Bible …

Hurray! It is September and Nigerians from the South can now expect to be called upon to serve their country as members of President Buhari’s cabinet. No, they are not …

When there was oil boom and a somewhat stable economy, the issue of unemployment was a very big problem. Now that Nigeria is experiencing economic crisis, one wonders what the …

The title of this essay is not original. The credit for its invention should go to one of the military governors during the Babangida or Abacha military era. He was …

“Just as it is impossible not to taste the honey or the poison that finds itself at the tip of the tongue, so it is impossible for a Government servant …

“Failure is not an option for us. We will not contemplate it’’. These were the words of President Buhari at the United States Institute for Peace in Washington DC during …

One of the burdens of being a longtime commentator on issues Nigeriana is that people frequently search me out, via email, text messages, and phone calls to ask questions about …

Strange and worrisome as the decision by the Buhari administration to limit its ongoing probe of public officers and institutions to the era of the regime it took over from …

The immediate past prodigal administration would remain a reference point in the annals of our nation’s history as the most corrupt and insensitive government in our nations’ democracy. Corruption reigned …

Some days ago, President Mohammadu Buhari gave the Nigerian military an ultimatum of three months to put a final end to the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-Eastern part of …