Oil is sweet. Never mind if it is categorized as sour, sweet or light; oil is always sweet and smoothens the  throats of the rich. Similarly, power is sweet. It is a common saying that people should not be trusted   until they have power and money. So, a combination of oil and power, can intoxicate.  It is […]

There are intense discussions going on in Nigeria. Is the United States of America, USA preparing to attack? If it is, what are the targets?  A Government increasingly incapable of securing lives and property? The people, so terrified that they self-impose movement restrictions?  Terrorists roaming around the country? Bandits, building empires and imposing peace conditions on communities […]

The images of the police taking on demonstrators in the streets of  Tanzania and Cameroun, following disputed elections,  remind me of the first time I was battered by policemen. I was 17 and had gone to the Kings Cinema on Lewis street, Lagos Island. After the film, my friend, Albert Biodun Okopie and I were, […]

Professor Wole Soyinka, 91, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a well-sought after global citizen. But even as a famous dramatist, he must have been caught unawares when the United States, US, on October 23, 2025, staged a real-life drama, revoking his visa. Caught out in the Trumpian drama, the veteran of multiple […]

Aliko Dangote has become the first African-born billionaire to reach and surpass a $30 billion net worth. This October, 2025, with a new valuation gain of $430 million, he achieved a net worth of $30.3 billion.  But, his on-going quixotic contestations with the Nigerian Constitution and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR,  may turn […]

In vain President Donald Trump cried out that he is no king, and does not intend to be one. However, many United States, US, citizens did not appear to be listening. At least some seven million of them did not believe him as they cramped into over 25,000 protest centres across 50 states protesting his alleged […]

The 1990s were the  deadliest for change agents in Nigeria. We lost hundreds. In 1994, some political elites decided to join us. This led to the  establishment of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO.One day, one of these elites brought a parcel to the leader of the Campaign for Democracy, CD, Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti to be kept. Beko, […]

The Delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco erupted several times like an active volcano spewing hot lava as petitioners in overwhelming numbers presented their case against it. It was on the Question of Western Sahara. The venue was the United Nations, UN, Special Political and Decolonisation Committee, other-wise known as the Fourth Committee which held Hearings […]

Senate President Godswill Akpabio issued a very powerful statement to the world on October 11, 2025, titled “The Trials and Triumphs of a Resilient Nigeria’s 10th Senate.” He vowed   that: “The Senate cannot and will not be held hostage by the disruptive instincts of any of its members.” He declared: “Democracy thrives only when its institutions […]

As the Gaza War entered its third year on October 7, 2025, and multinational peace negotiators gathered in Egypt to panel-beat a peace agreement, Palestinian rallies rocked New York.    The rallies took on added importance as the city’s November 4, 2025 elections may be determined by the voters position on the genocide. A few years ago, […]