I would like to start by wishing my fellow Nigerians a happy independence day. May it mark the beginning of peace and progressive Nigeria. I...
In his acclaimed publication ‘The Trouble with Nigeria’ published 33 years ago, in 1983, the late Chinua Achebe pointed out that the ‘ the trouble...
Nigeria is not 56 years old- it is a journey of 56 years post-colonial rule and every Independence Day affords us the opportunity to remember the...
Truth cannot be suppressed forever. It frees itself from the chains of dark forces to assert itself unstoppably. It chases away the shadows of falsehood...
There are two types of bad Presidents.Ones that erroneously believe they are on the right track and ones that aren’t even on any track at all.The...
There is breaking news as I start to write this. The United Nations says it has resumed sending aid convoys into Syria. Three days earlier, its...
“The people of Edo has (sic) let Nigerians down, though we know that Oshiomhole did fairly well, but (sic) we wanted a signal to...
Many many years ago, when I was only seven or eight years old, my wonderful father, the late Barrister Olatunde Olarewaju Balogun, took a lot...
The defeat of PDP in last year’s presidential election has exposed the dirty and hideous underbelly of the party that wrecked Nigeria after 16 years...
For full disclosure, I am an Igbo man. I am also one of the pundits currently being lampooned for cheering President Muhammadu Buhari to democratic...
How does the government intend to convince its citizens that it is patriotic with its nonchalant attitude towards the daily...
The “North” as a geopolitical concept has no legal security architecture. It cannot raise an army, create a police force, or...
The way Tinubu got retro-active approval from the National Assembly after deploying Nigerian to the Benin Republic indicates that our...
Local advocates petitioned the police, and Anthony was arrested. He signed an undertaking not to accuse, harass, or threaten Ms...
If the state chooses wisely, it will not merely elect a governor; it will choose a direction. And in that...