Still on the Nigerian situation
Nigeria kicked off as a country of high promise with great expectations at independence from Britain in October 1960. That…
Learning from Madiba’s enclave
F OR to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that…
Nigeria will definitely rise again
IT was a certain anonymous wise man who once said that every living organism will, in their lifetime, experience a…
Why Nigeria’s restructuring is imperative
O NE thing the Federal Government must know is that the demand for the restructuring of Nigeria does not mean…
Let’s treat military pensioners with more respect
When we talk about those who kept Nigeria as one with their precious blood, either wounded, maimed or died in…
Saving the starving children in the North East
FOLLOWING seven years of the Boko Haram war in the North East, development experts have observed that it would take…
Remembering the Ad-Hoc Conference of 1966
Mr. Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015) was the first Prime Minister of Singapore and he governed his country from 1959-1990. In…
Re: Sanusi Adebisi Idikan (1882 – 1938)
I read with delight the article written by Hon. (Barr.) Femi Kehinde, published in a national newspaper on July 23,…
Sallah: The significance of the sacrifice
Eid al adha, which is called Ileya festival in Yoruba language, is one of the important feasts in Islam. Every…
For the new change mantra to work…
NOT too long ago, on March 17, 2009 to be precise, Nigerians were roused to a blistering campaign on attitudinal change. Its passcode was: Nigeria,…
Francis Oladele: One year without Mr Calpenny
He would have been 84 on Tuesday, August 30, 2016. But he missed that birthday. And missed the one before…
Ogun West marginalisation: Attention President Buhari
THERE is no other way to draw the kind attention of Nigerians to the plight of a people whose existence…
Nigerian Army and the right to arrest
I T was Judy Biggert who said: “No one ever said that fighting the war against terrorism and defending our…
Calling life by its rightful name: For Isidore Okpewho (1941-2016)
The loss is hard to bear, the shock almost impossible to endure. A great tree has fallen in our forest…
Curbing incessant jailbreaks in Nigerian prisons
The issue of insecurity in Nigerian prisons is a fundamental crisis that gives both the government and the people cause…
Economic insurgents on Nigeria’s borders
G OVERNMENT officials and law breakers are involved, and everyone knows it. This is a siege of no less significance…
PDP’s self-destructive quarrels and growing irrelevance
NIGERIA presents itself to the world in fascinating contrasts and as a study in unrealised expectations and beckoning greatness frustrated…
Complementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
YEAR 2000 was an exciting year in contemporary history. It was that year during which many felt a certain sense…
Economic crunch: Halting the dangerous trend
There is nothing new under the sun, so goes a popular saying. But for most Nigerians, the prevailing economic crunch…
Of power and realistic expectations
Though appropriate, the word “novel” arguably understates the import of President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to saddle Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola…
