I have observed that if an American politician desires to excel at the polls he must never thread on the  path of gun ban debates, especially if he’s seeking votes to the white house…

There are professors and there are ‘professors’. Can some one please tell me what Maurice Iwu is still professing at the INEC? I am really shocked by this man’s vaulting ambition…

For almost two decades, Nigeria has been adrift within the global system. Unclear and irresolute about its role and place within such anarchical system, she has not been able to find her voice, define and defend her goals, or assert itself within the comity of nations…

While there is much to be admired about Mugabe, there is unfortunately, much also about him that is to be despised. Like many other leaders of the ‘sit-tight’ variety, he has an extraordinary propensity for ruthlessness…

The need for government to introduce interventionist strategies aimed at developing human capital in Nigeria was the high point of discussions at the 2008 Oceanic Bank Global Leaders Forum…

The sudden passing of one of the doyens of legal education and vast array of jurisprudence in Nigeria, Prof. Jadesola Akande came to me as a rude shock…

In the Nigerian context, newspapers do not enjoy greater intellectual respect than the Guardian, yet their editorial of the 24th April titled “The Proposed 2 Refineries” is a case in point of an unexpected shallow and simplistic evaluation of a serious problem…

Having been drawn to the theories of evolution and the concept of humanism, I began to doubt the existence of God and believed more in the Big Bang Theory. The Bible to me was a collection of fables and Jewish mythology…

Oil has retarded the ability of Nigerians of differing regions and differing talents to invest in far more rewarding activities other than angling for revenue allocations, graduating to become class valedictorians of the latest set of kidnappers, or yahoo boys…

Unfortunately for us in Africa, we do not value knowledge. We consume rather than produce. We buy rather than sell. We receive rather than give the reason for our poverty level. Poverty is a mentality; it is a state of the heart…

Recovering a stolen car in Nigeria is no less insurmountable than arresting murderers. The system is simply not set up to work…