ASUU, call off your strike now
I want to appeal to the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off the ongoing…
Work without pay
T HIS piece you are about to read is likely to offend my friends in government and in several establishments…
Atiku: A hero in more ways than one
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept,…
Of varsities and the need to drive change
G OVERNMENT policies in Nigeria are rarely informed by rigorous research. More often than not, it does appear that planning…
What’s really wrong with Nigeria?
NIGERIA is a beautiful nation inching into a state of dystopia. Can Nigeria really be redeemed? These are infinite questions…
Nigerians and the support for war against corruption
N IGERIA has recently embarked on something which its leadership describes as a war against corruption. I do not know…
Change as a social philosophy
IF one shall cast a superficial look at change as merely a mantra coming from one of the politicians, or…
Of Nigerian graduates and ‘acceptable’ job offers
THE debate raged last week about Governor Akinwumi Ambode’s attempt to recruit 1,000 Nigerian university graduates as bus conductors in…
Like Britain, tourism can bail Nigeria out
Early this year, when the naira started dropping in value to a dangerous low, I started dreading traveling abroad, especially…
Of democracy and youth integration
The world is yet to get over the shock of the emergence of Donald Trump, the man tagged as underdog…
Of Nigerians and the US election
The US presidential election has come and gone, though the campaign was one of the most brutal in terms of…
Head bloodied but not bowed
P ERMIT me to begin this contribution with an apology for my disappearance from the literary and political scene for…
Boko Haram: Demand for patriotism among Nigerians
M UCH of the initial mysteries which beclouded Boko Haram terrorists’ operations in Nigeria have been cleared. It is now…
Scornful captors, shameless custodians
The role of government in any polity is primarily the protection of her citizens. This is a moral duty accorded…
Still on Donald Trump’s victory
Voting for Donald Trump is like MMM, the money-doubling financial vehicle currently taking over Nigeria and other African states. Many…
Muhammadu Bello: FCT’s anointed apostle of change
Most of the times, human beings have tendencies to react negatively to change, but when the ‘change agent’ sends the…
White American women and the Trump card
The race for the White House between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald John Trump was so hot that the embers…
Still on the war against corruption
CORRUPTION has, apparently, become everyday byword in our society so much so that we have, in a way, become desensitised…
Making a case for Nigerian roads
Given Nigeria’s natural endowments even in the form of impressive topography, from the awe-inspiring flat savannah plains in the North,…
Local govts as raped appendages of states
D EMOCRACY is cherished everywhere in the world. Nigerians relish it with utmost joy. The only lacuna in the case…
