On Africa’s Dismal Outing At The World Cup
The World Cup, which is the greatest soccer showpiece on earth, is gradually headed to the conclusive stage as four countries; France, Belgium, Croatia and England have emerged semi-finalists in…
Executive Order 6: Buhari acquires a big stick against corruption
Nigeria’s widespread corruption, which has been eating the eco-system like termites, met on audacious response from President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday afternoon with the signing of a new Executive Order…
One-on-One with Prof Kingsley Moghalu- YPP’s Presidential Hopeful
… “I’m in this for the long haul” We eventually agreed to meet on Monday June 18, by 12 noon, at his campaign office in Maitama, Abuja. Our earlier plan…
A Forex of Fraud
Just ask yourself how come the supposedly floated naira, which makes its value be determined by the market forces is still defended by the same CBN that floated it? Put…
Fayemi: Second Coming Of A Long Distance Runner.
When he was farcically rigged out as Governor of Ekiti State four years ago, the perpetrators of that dastardly electoral gangsterism thought that Dr. Kayode Fayemi was finished in Nigerian…
Why the bounce from declaring June 12 ‘Democracy Day’ may not last long
Let’s give it to Buhari and his advisers. Whoever suggested making June 12 the country’s ‘Democracy Day’ (rather than May 29, which it has been until now) gave the Daura…
MKO Abiola:The face of a united Nigeria
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on behalf of Nigerian workers celebrates and congratulates all Nigerians on the 25th Anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. President Muhammadu Buhari has…
Shina Peters at 60: A life in music
I consider it a great privilege to count Shina Peters, the Afro-Juju maestro, who turns 60 this week, as one of my friends and brothers. Dele Momodu has already penned…
Plato, Machiavelli and the Qualities of Good Political Leadership
In my last article, titled “Achebe versus Obasanjo, Danjuma and Agbese”, I argued that bad political leadership is primarily responsible for the failed state of Nigeria, not corruption as many…
Buhari/Obasanjo exchange: AFRICMIL calls for full scale probe of past leaders
A civil society organisation, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), has called for a “full scale and wide-ranging investigations” into the administrations of former Nigerian leaders and…