Azikwe and Awolowo were the greatest leaders our Nation ever produced. Both deserved to lead the Nation for whose independence they had put their lives on line, but neither got the chance …

Dreams do come true. And no one has it happened to more than me. Here I was standing in a room packed full of seasoned diplomats, reputable public servants and …

The first rule of the political game is political survival. It is never over and the battle carries on for as long as one has in his possession the prized …

A time has announced its arrival for President Umar Yar’Adua to be a hero or villain in our obscure search for a stable nationhood. The choice is wholly his!

If Obasanjo or his cronies were to plan a military coup today with his scions in the barracks, and notifies Yar’Adua by cable, my bet is that Yar’Adua will simply …

It is not inconceivable that every Ijaw man and woman in Bayelsa State know of one or two sorry story to tell…real life stories of teenage girls engaged in partial …

When I told African Americans who were my friends and co-workers, that I was engaged to my then fiancé, some of the first things they asked me is “Is he …

You Nigerians are funny, so because oil has been discovered in Ghana, that is why you are rejoicing and getting ready to go to another man’s country…

Again, of all the major groups in Nigeria, the Ijaw elite have, for the most part, been the least useful to their own people. And in fact, account of their …

The real demarcation between Africa and the black man is no chain of mountains, no natural frontier, but a system of belief and ideas, which we call African civilization…