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 […]