Youth Speak

I have deliberately refrained from commenting on the misadventures and miscalculations of many “bright young things” who have expressed interest in the presidency of our country in the past few months partly because I know almost all of…

THERE was wide protest in  Kwande and Gboko local government areas of Benue State following  the suspension of the council  chairmen and their subsequent replacement. Benue state house of assembly had on Monday approved governor Samuel…

Recently, the Nigerian Army posted a message on its official Twitter handle notifying the public about the postponement of the “Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Nigerian Army University, Biu earlier scheduled for Tuesday 30 October 2018.” It…

NIGERIA, in recent times, has often been the subject of international concern for largely paradoxical reasons. One is left wondering if Charles Dickens had imagined a Nigeria of our present reality in his striking oxymoron of the best and…

MILLENNIALS are now becoming fathers and mothers. Some of them enjoyed free education from government schools and some didn’t. But it is becoming clear that education provided by the government today is next to sub-standard in terms of…

The past is inescapable. We all know the origins of what we today refer to as the federal government. Starting with the annexation of Lagos in 1861, the British, through military and other coercive means, gained almost complete control of…

IN Nigeria, the most recurring factor that has determined all previous regime change, coups and counter-coups is corruption. Corruption is the bane of political stability in Nigeria. It is the reason for the continuous lowering of public…