Within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), events of the last two weeks have indeed brought out the worst among its leading lights. Some of them who have shared ideals and political camps for decades are now at both ends...
Let me state from the outset that after I read, in between the lines, the piece titled: “PDM, PDP and the Battle Ahead” in THISDAY, the Sunday newspaper of September 8, 2013, I came to an interesting conclusion that...
Nigeria is the giant of Africa in name, no doubt. But in action, Nigeria is more or less like a lame duck. For well over five decades, crude oil and other rich mineral resources have been discovered and exploited...
If you wanted proof that Nigeria is bereft of hope, look no further than this fact: that, on the Internet and elsewhere, many Nigerians have gone heady with celebration of the schism in the (misnamed) Peoples Democratic Party. All...
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. mounted the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to deliver a speech entitled “Normalcy, Never Again.” That day, however, Martin Luther King, Jr. deviated from the “Normalcy” text to improvise what is...
At last, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) approved the registration of All Progressives Congress (APC) after so much hip hop, juju, and highlife with some comedy that dwarfs Baba Sala’s “Orun Moru.”
Great footage is the key to any...
President Obama returned from G20 summit in St. Petersburg without a measurable progress in winning international hearts over a move to use military strike against Syria. Russia and China have continued to reject a military response against Syria. They...
National Security: Intelligence and Community Partnership Approach Edited by Solomon E Arase; LawLords Publications, Lagos & Abuja; 2013; 242pp
National security is on the front burner of discourse all over the country. It is arguable that only in the years...
In the last two and half years of the current President Good luck Jonathan's 'civilian' administration, majority of Nigerians have expressed bitter feelings regarding the poor performance and the lack luster performance of key ministers of the government especially...
Of recent, the media is once again aglow with the debate of why General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), the man many see as the ultimate saviour for this country, should, or should not give a shot at the presidency comes...
