Why Fashola Must Bury His Head in Shame!
(Note before reading – In public service, you are guilty until proven innocent) Are you looking for a THIEF, here is one! Let’s be FRANK Fashola is not better than other politicians…
Why PDP Failed to Rule for 60 Years
The defeat of President GoodluckJonathan andmost PDP Governors and Members in the National Assembly in last general elections ended the dream of PDP to rule Nigeria for 60 years. The…
What Did We Do To Deserve This?
Sometime last year I watched the Hollywood blockbuster titled ”12 Years A Slave” starring Brad Pitt and the Nigerian-born actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. After watching the film I was at a…
Character And Leadership: The Buhari Example
All through history, the most essential ingredient for leadership has always been character. Although other ingredients such as empathy, toughness, knowledge and intelligence are frequently mentioned, these traits are all…
The Paradox of Change And The Nigerian Contradiction
Politicians should serve actually two terms, one in office, the other in jail — Anonymous As a Psychologist by academic qualification, we say that the way you feel affects the…
Ogoni Clean Up, Buhari and the Force of Example
It is not by force of arms but by force of example that you demonstrate the superiority of any ideology- Mikhail Gorbachev I was very delighted when I read that…
Polio: Now we’ve won the battle, the war is ours to win
On July 25, Nigeria celebrated a milestone in our country’s health sector: an entire year without any reported case of polio. The World Health Organisation defines poliomyelitis (polio) as a…
No Dollar Access Imperils Nigerian Retailers, Spurs Prices
Mojeed Jamiu is cutting jobs and raising prices to prevent his furniture and clothing store in Lagos from closing after Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele restricted foreign currency…
DPR Fueling Petrol Scarcity
With Nigeria’s scarcity issues yet to abate, the Department of Petroleum (DPR) has embarked on what observers are referring to as a crackdown on several major marketers by shutting down…
Understanding the ‘Trouble with Nigeria’
Following my last week’s column, ‘Radio Biafra and the Biafran Narratives’, I had an impassioned telephone conversation with someone – let me call him Ahmed- who said he was a…