Brethren, we are welcome to the 11th month.   Gradually, the year we started together is winding down.   It has come with its ups and downs but the fact that you and I are still standing is an assurance that God still has us in mind. In other words, with God on our side, it doesn’t matter […]

‘Excellence in…’ This is the title of a book I started to work on about fifteen months ago. The outline is still being worked out before filling the pages. Work on it has been slowed down because the year started with three book projects about three eminent Nigerians. The three are among the dozen or so […]

The advantage which democracy supposedly has over all other forms of government is its inclination to guarantee the politics of equality. As a matter of fact, it is in a democracy that several freedoms such as freedom of speech, freedom of association etc. are usually found. That is why democracy is generally hailed as the […]

There comes a time in every civilization when freedom begins to eat its own children, when the pursuit of individuality quietly mutates

Before Wike started remaking Rivers State in his own image, he used to rail against Lagos’s godfatherism. He thought it was feudalism. But those days are over. Now that he considers the Rivers government his political furniture, the private ownership of Lagos politics must be the manual to control his own stooges. Some say his hypocrisy is […]

Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 7. Local Government System of the Nigerian Constitution clearly states the functions and roles of local governments areas (LGAs) in Nigeria, so the topic, Wetin LGAs dey do sef (what do LGAs actually do) is somewhat ironic because it is obvious. But the impact of local governments in Nigeria has always been […]

For a long time, many had chosen to look away from the gradual erosion of political reasoning in Edo State under Governor Monday Okpebholo, often excusing it as a natural reaction to the years of unpleasantness under his predecessor, Governor Godwin Obaseki.  But as the dust of Obaseki’s turbulent reign begins to settle and the former governor […]

An AI-generated video claiming to show one of the football stadiums for the 2034 FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia made waves on social media this week — but it has nothing to do with the kingdom’s official plans.

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 […]

Apart from tariffs, another word that the Trump presidency is fond of is genocide. First, it was South Africa. During South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the White House last May, President Donald Trump played a video suggesting that white South Africans were under genocidal attack. It was a fake video, of course, but Ramaphosa […]