Racing to death
LIFE begets death. The day a person is born, the race to death tees off. For some, it is a…
Nigeria and the love for committees
NIGERIAN leaders’ love for committees is legendary. The first thing that crosses their minds when there is an issue in…
Celebrating the dead, neglecting the living
JANUARY 15 every year is set aside as the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Nigeria. On that day, moving speeches…
Shittu: Putting the cart before the horse
IT is becoming increasingly clear that the political class has no respect for the common man. As a matter of…
New Year or elongation of old?
MY understanding of new is that it is a departure from the known, a severance from the old, a migration…
Where are Nigeria’s statesmen?
WITH the struggle for power by the political class, which has resulted in the polity being extremely heated and the…
It is time for state police
THE rising wave of crime and criminality in the country has once again brought to the fore the issue of…
Portrait of the Nigerian politician
The average Nigerian politician cuts an interesting picture. First, he sounds religious and regularly brings up the name of God…
Death, slavery and the president
Nothing points to the seeming failure of our country more than the calamity that befalls young Nigerians trying to avoid…
Poverty of the rich
THE warped perception of the purpose of wealth among the rich of our land is quite revolting. Contrary to what…
A toast to Tribune @ 68
When his actions, writings and utterances are subjected to analyses, it becomes crystal clear that Chief Obafemi Awolowo was propelled,…
NLC’s Kaduna road show of shame
THE ongoing drama in Kaduna State over the impending disengagement of more than 20,000 primary school teachers, who failed competency…
7 million jobs: Ngige’s word against NBS’
LABOUR and employment minister, Chris Ngige, excited the country with his statement last Thursday that the administration of President Muhammadu…
Madmen and their rulers
According to a consultant psychiatrist at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Dr Michael Agbir, there has been a 30 per…
What drives Nigerian leaders?
WHAT inspires the average Nigerian leader? What exactly drives him to seek power? Is it ambition, sense of entitlement, avarice,…
For the political class, Clock tickd
THE notoriety of Nigerian leaders for complicating very simple matters with a view to bamboozling the public is legendary. They…
At 57, what is the Nigerian dream?
CORPORATIONS and big organisations run on visions. They each have a deliberately crafted and well thought-out vision that guides their…
IPOB, herdsmen and the Nigerian nation
THE Federal Government did not hide its intention to stamp out the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) going by the…
The JAMB cut-off marks
THE cut-off marks for the 2017/2018 admission into tertiary institutions recently announced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)…
It’s time to tweak Nigeria’s education system
THINGS are on a seemingly inexorable decline in the country because of our penchant for failing to nip potential crisis…
