“In the turn of events, the sweets of economic, political and social privileges, that are a monopoly of only one section of a community, turn sour even in the mouths of those who eat them”. These are the words of Chief Albert Lituli, a South African freedom fighter. For some school of thought, of whom I subscribe to, politicians are ... Read more

IN virtually all states, Nasir El-rufai is one of the vibrant governor Nigeria has now. He championed the restructuring committee set up by Muhammadu Buhari. He always takes a hold move. A different angle. No wonder Muhammadu Buhari holds him with a highly fragile frame of care. He has paid his dues. Kaduna should be lucky to have him. He i ... Read more

Democracy may not be the best form of government but its representative nature makes it a shade higher than monarchy, military dictatorship and one party system of government as exemplified by communist state. The eternal beauty of democracy is that periodically, the electorate, the owners of electoral sovereignty are given the power to use the ... Read more

A successful and peaceful change of the government of the day is one of the indices that a democratizing society is successfully transiting to a mature democracy. This is why it was a major milestone for the country’s democracy that Jonathan and the ruling PDP lost the 2015 election to usher the second coming of Muhammadu Buhari. In this ... Read more

In Nigeria, there are many problems afflicting the nation. Such problems include ubiquitous grinding poverty, insecurity, abuse of tribalism, abuse of religion, corruption, poor political leadership, weak institutions, indiscipline, cultism, sabotage by foreign organizations and individuals, very lazy academics, soft indecent social media conte ... Read more

Honestly, these are interesting times in the life of our nation, a time that not only tries men's souls, but also assaults our humanity as a people because of daily happenings in our clime, but whatever be the case, the battle line for the soul of our country is drawn and there is no going back. Just this morning, one watched a trending onli ... Read more

The most circulated video footage in the social media today, the “transmission” speech of the IGP Idris is a video clip that I initially refused to accept as real. However, after thorough scientific investigation of the clip, it was discovered to be devoured of any manipulations. The audio and video are not superimposed. It was a mel ... Read more

[QUOTE] [QUOTE] These times in Nigeria are perilous. These are times when the public space is populated by paid agents provocateurs whose stock in trade is to grand stand and ceaselessly issue meaningless media commentaries in support of the tyrannical status quo represented by some segments of the executive arm of government in Nigeria. So ... Read more