Category: Opinion

It is becoming customary for governors to play God displaying visceral hatred for the media and the opposition in general. This is unfortunate for the emerging democracy in Nigeria, the strong tower of the black race. The other day, the Governor of Ebonyi State, David Nweze Umahi barred two journalists from the Government House for […]

By Martins Oloja ‘The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new’ (Socrates). It is quite important for us to understand what this enemy called ‘Near Success Syndrome’ (NSS) is all about. If several times, you have been so close to achieving a goal, […]

By Dele Sobowale “In every community, there is a class of people profoundly dangerous to the rest. I don’t mean the criminals. For them we have punitive sanctions. I mean the leaders. Invariably, the most dangerous people seek power.”—Saul Bellow, Vanguard Book Of Quotations, VBQ, p 124. Every northern leader alive today – Head of […]

By Ademola Adebisi This time, perhaps, is the most of the troubling and worrisome of times in the life of the Nigerian born crack international technocrat and president of the Abidjan based African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, who has stuck out his neck to seek a second term of five years as the president of […]

By Matins Oloja Hurricane Murtala Muhammed who ruled Nigeria from July 29, 1975 – February 13, 1976, can’t be easily forgotten for his exploits within barely six months in power. He was quite controversial, especially to public servants of the time. To some, he is an incorruptible hero that would have, given the time, rid […]

Is Nigeria better off than it was five years ago? As President Muhammadu Buhari marks the end of his first year of the second term and fifth year in office today, Nigerians who have invested their hopes in him are eminently qualified to assess his administration, evaluate performances in all areas and pass their overall […]

By Victor Ikem As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic was announced and its widespread implications made public, everyone including governments around the world went into a panic mode. The media went berserk with many conspiracy theories and junk news hitting the airwaves. Soon, it was a dose of news of deaths from Wuhan-China. Next it […]

By Martins Oloja When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us. (Wole Soyinka) The powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on that most rarefied delicacy: impunity. (Naomi Klein) Nothing’s as dangerous as power with […]

By Martins Oloja As I promised, this intervention is on the expediency of looking at how the Oronsaye Report can be reset to restructure the public service that is not in a position to serve public interest at this time. So, this second part is also about the need to warn the president’s men that […]

By Kole Omotoso Our History is made up of three chapters. Chapter 1 is entitled “What was done that should not have been done”; Chapter 2 is entitled “What was not done that should have been done”; and Chapter 3 is entitled “What is to be done?” There is need for some general comments before […]