Democracy is often cast as the antithesis of authoritarian rule — a beacon of liberty standing firm against the shadows of oppression. Yet, history tells a more intricate tale. Authoritarian regimes rarely storm the gates; instead, they slip quietly through the corridors of power, emerging not as abrupt usurpers but as offspring of the very systems […]

From last week, continues the narrative on the life of the Nigerian journalist, his contributions to national development over the years, right from the emergence of the earliest media houses in the country In January 1970, the The DAILY TIMES published an editorial pleading that Nigeria must adopt left hand drive policy.  On January 30 of […]

Nigerian journalists, wearing medals of bravery in fights against colonialists and politicians    and, bearing the scars of battles  against  military dictatorship, are marking the 70th anniversary of their union. No, journalism in the country did not start seven decades ago. It was the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, that was established at that time. Proper […]

In Nigeria, history tends to repeat itself with unerring accuracy and in tiresome syntax. When he wrote his Report on the Amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria and Administration in 1919, Frederick Lugard described Nigeria as an “anomaly…. of a country with aggregate revenue practically equal to its needs, but divided into two by an arbitrary line of latitude.”

“Power and money of course do drive people crazy. So why shouldn’t people gain power and wealth through being crazy?” – Saul Bellow, 1915-2005. America is in the grips of two absolutely crazy men who have acquired power and wealth by being screw balls. The entire world, America included, will pay a heavy price for the […]