“True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision.” Edith Wharton. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” Herman Melville, Biodun Shobanjo has already been described as the Father of Advertising in Africa” by one of those who gathered last week to honour him after turning […]

A legal victory, if secured in his life time, might be outweighed by social repercussions which nullify the results, it might be a pyrrhic victory

Numerous are the streams that lead to social prosperity; but all of them spring from the same source and that is public education.  Gaspar Jovellanos, 1744-1811.   The British established five Government Colleges – Kings College, KC, Lagos, Government College, Ibadan, GCI, Government College, Umuahia, GCU, and  Government College, Ughelli, GCU — to complement the efforts […]

“No man was ever honoured for what he received, but for what he gave”— Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, 30th US President. It was twenty years ago, when the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, launched his book titled RESOURCE CONTROL. I was deeply honoured to have been asked to write the Foreword to that […]

“All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies” – Dr Arbuthnot, 1667-1735, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 191.  Note: This article started on the day of the Ondo State election. The result was not surprising. “You can’t beat something with nothing”. PDP is now nothing. Obong Victor Attah, a former governor […]

 Writing about the things that would destroy any nation, Mahatma Gandhi, 1869- 1948, listed them as follows: Politics without principles Pleasure without conscience Wealth without work Knowledge without character Business without morality Science without humanity Worship without sacrifice Bad politics, selfish, un imaginative and unpatriotic politicians will eventually ruin a nation – even if it […]

“Bitterness is like holding a piece of burning coal in your hand and hoping that it hurts someone else” – Nelson Mandela, 1913-2013 SABOTAGE, deliberate and planned, is increasingly becoming the most important factor in the frequent grid collapses Nigerians are experiencing now. Don’t get me wrong, the crimes committed against the people of Nigeria […]

The bail conditions imposed on the victims of this injustice betrayed the hidden agenda to deny them bail and hold them perpetually in detention

Dangote Refinery is not the salvation we expected, most certainly, it will not crash fuel price as expected

“Against excellence in another [person], there is no way of defending ourselves except love.” Johann Goethe, VBQ, p 51. This is the third time I have fallen in love with an artist/philosopher long before meeting him. The first and ever abiding one was Uncle Sam; the second ever green Victor Attah. This one coming so […]

“No peace can last or ought to last which does not recognise and accept the principle that governments derive all their powers from the consent of the governed” – US President Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 185. Kaduna State, until a few months ago, was grouped with Katsina, Niger, Benue and […]

“How can productivity work in a place where you have ten people clustering an office, no electricity, trek to about 11-storey building. Labour punches the button to work no matter what” – Dr Tommy Okon, Trade Union Congress, TUC Dr Okon has captured only a fraction of the miseries of millions of “employed” Nigerians. Before reaching […]

Apparently, her divine elevation to the position of First Lady had not diminished her penchant for reaching out and helping the less- privileged

“I didn’t come to look for money and exploit the situation; I came to work. I asked for the votes, and Nigerians gave them to me” – President Bola Tinubu, September 20, 2024. Small correction is needed before getting to the heart of the matter. Nigerians gave candidate Tinubu 33 per cent of their votes; 67 […]

 “Thank you, Dele. Nobody in the last three years has given me so much money as this. The last time one of our old friends gave me money was about three days ago. He gave me 500 naira; and then told me to ‘go and see Dele.’ He gave me your address. I have been […]