“The formulation of a question is its solution”- Karl Marx It is little wonder that the “revelations” by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, on the “mind-boggling” corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, that he revealed during a hearing of the Public Accounts Committees of […]

Many Nigerians expressed their shock that the late President Muhammadu Buhari, despite his  extremely nepotic rule, still attracted so much outpouring of eulogies at his graveside. I want to remind such people that even the Devil itself has admirers and fanatical devotees. That deranged people can strap themselves with explosive devices and detonate to kill themselves […]

Effect of education on the process of Independence   Prior to the coming of the missionaries to Nigeria and other African countries the continent had become a major attraction for explorers and merchants who were in search of new frontiers for trade. Eventually the scramble for Africa began ultimately culminating in the colonisation of Africa by the […]

Just when you think you have seen it all, something happens to convince you very strongly that all that journey is a circlical movement which has not taken you far from the point of departure at all. Like peddling away on a stationary bicycle at a fitness centre. Or expending so much energy and achieving very […]

“Only the thing for which you have struggled will last” — African proverb Two groups invited Nigerians to a wide-ranging summit in Abuja last week on a new constitution which may address some of the most basic problems we face as a nation. The Nigeria Political Summit Group and the Patriots joined their intimidating profiles to […]

Walk into almost any public school in Nigeria, and you feel the weight of history pressing down on the desks. Much of the system still operates to the rhythm of colonial-era regulations and syllabuses, which were conceived for a world that no longer exists. The design, the assumptions, the teaching style—all of it points backwards. Students […]

From last week continues the narrative of the events that took place before General Gowon was overthrown, with particular reference to the early years when he ruled without a federal cabinet and had to deal directly with permanent secretaries.  General Gowon also worked with the members of the Federal Public Service Commission in which Alhaji Sule […]

By Dele Sobowale “If you shut up truth and bury it underground, it will but grow and gather to itself such explosive power, that the day it bursts through, it will blow up everything in its way” –  Emile Zola, 1840-1902  Two things are now certain about Nigeria’s so-called refineries. One, President Bola Tinubu will, henceforth, […]

Four leading Nigerians died within three months, each leading to one national debate or the other. Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo, noted mathematician and former Governor of Oyo State passed away on April 14, 2025 and the nation mourned him. However, when the iconic Polytechnic, Ibadan was renamed in his honour, it ignited the old debate: must Nigeria […]

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