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The Nigerian plane, carrying our wealth of over five decades has crashed.  The Ship, carrying our Oil, Cocoa, Groundnut, and Rubber has capsized, and our vintage, luxury (one of a…

I cried on the inside, reading about the level of suffering which Nigerians have gotten subjected to in recent times and knew that the situation calls for immediate attention. I…

(Handwriting on the wall) The visit of Mark Zuckerberg to Nigeria is a glad tiding memory, and a welcome development. Mark is simple outwards but gorgeous in mindfulness. A very…

I have taken a hard look at events over the last several years and especially the most recent twelve months. I had all the time been very optimistic about the…

(I started writing this article in March 2014, but for some unknown, warped reason, never completed it. I have now decided to finish it) “Nigerian leaders on Friday (28 February…

It beggars belief that our elected representatives at the National Assembly who were elected for the purpose of representing and making laws that will be beneficial to their various constituencies…

The most popular definition of democracy was given by the 16th President of the U.S.A. during the Gettysburg Address; to date it is one of the most iconic statements ever…

There is hardly any Nigerian who is not in a state of despair right now. Since Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as president last year, despondency has enveloped the nation.…

WS, Your sundry hoary strands Stand as beacons To navigators cruising from all seafronts To the island of bliss, astuteness, scarred proficiencies and maneuvers that beat fulfillment without animosity, without…

(#Biafrexit, #Yurexit and #Hausexit are the new normal) Brexit is a tinderbox for Nigeria. Nigeria, a nation of mutual distrust! The new normal in Nigeria now seems to be Biafrexit,…

In a sane society, there is a level below which no individual or group should be allowed to sink, hence we have rules for incapacitation and practices of charity and…

This piece is a little recipe written to rejuvenate Mr President Buhari’s health, as he arrives Nigeria from his treatment of illness in the United Kingdom. How Nigerian citizens are…

Two eminent Nigerian coaches, Stephen Keshi and Shaibu Amodu, discovered and joined two different coaches on the train that journeyed to a different realm. The latter only allowed 2 days…

I’m deeply troubled by what appears to me to be Nigeria’s growing industry of making and exhibiting corpses. The Nigerian state—represented by its police and military—continues to refine its capacity…

Last Sunday (May 29) the Buhari administration marked its one year in the saddle. On May 29 2015 after the presidential poll in March marked by political intrigues (including the…