As far back as the Venetian Empire, international bankers recognized that lending to governments or monarchs to start or continue a war was more profitable than any other banking business…
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Man, in his original Adamic form, was indestructible. He was the most complete being ever created – even more complete than the angels; a unique combination of all that is …
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Nigerian celebrities doggedly campaigning to strike out ALS is noble, but it also beyond appalling. The current situation of the Nigerian state is dire: chibok girls are still missing…
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Men in their late 40s and 50s begin to think seriously about retirement. In Nigeria when you retire, you are on your own and everything is in the air. You …
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I do not believe that the ‘outbreak’ of the virus here in Nigeria was a happenstance. I believe that the drama we are all watching and which is being presented …
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On Saturday 9 August 2014, the people of Osun State went to the polls to elect a Governor for the next four years. Expectations were high, fears of violence and …
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Some enlightened people in our country today who hold very strong opinions about government hold those opinions because of the strong position taken by Jean Jacques Rousseau. This thinker of …
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Most of us watching from the sidelines did not really understand what an El-Rufai was going to do in Anambra State on the very eve of the elections. Was he …
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From religious fundamentalist groups rising up against the state and its institutions, ethnic militias adopting arcane methods of their own in questioning the legitimacy of the Nigeria State, an increasing …
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President Jonathan called him ”a crazy man.” Was Patrick Sawyer really crazy for bringing Ebola to Nigeria? It all depends on how we look at his action and why…