A major point of debate that came out of the publication of General Ibrahim Babangida’s memoir centred around an event in which from his own admission he was just a distant observer. This was the January 15, 1966 coup that claimed an entire generation of political leaders, civilian and military, from parts of the country other […]

“People who concentrate merely upon effects are unsound guides when constructive measures are required”-E. D. Morel There is no single Nigerian today who, for better or worse, is not under some form of allegiance to the traditional system of administration in our country. Regardless of the villages, communities, ethnic groups, local governments or states that they […]

The complaint over the “disrespectful” dressing of Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, to the Oval Office last week was an irrelevant but sensational aside to the clash between the visitor and his hosts, President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other US officials. Trump had remarked: “You are all dressed up today” while welcoming Zelensky at […]

As the global community gathers at the Mobile World Congress, MWC25, in Barcelona, from March 3 – 6,  2025, with the theme: “Converge. Connect. Create”, it will be interesting to find out how well the mobile industry is doing at home, I mean in Nigeria, and whether we are close to having any serious relationship with […]

In my own opinion, Nigeria has not fully emerged from the disappointment at the turn of events of June 23, 1993. Rather most Nigerians have lost interest in political elections. It is a notorious fact that many people in this country do not participate in elections whether local, state or national elections. A large number of […]

Organised crime has not just emerged but has firmly established itself as a dominant force in Nigeria, thriving on systemic weaknesses and institutional failures. This crime epidemic is not just a statistic, but a harsh reality that affects the daily lives of Nigerians. Most citizens agree on three fundamental issues regarding crime in Nigeria: the high […]

From last week, continues the list of the principal officers of the First Republic Northern Peoples Congress   which existed as a political party to pursue and advance the political and economic interests of the then Northern Region.  Others were Mr. Michael Audu Buba, Alhaji Shehu Usman, Galadima Maska, Habib Raji Abdullahi, Alhaji Mu’azu Gambo, Alhaji Sani […]

President Donald Trump of the United States, US, is driving an articulated truck at high speed on the global highway. His truck has neither a rear view mirror nor side view mirrors. He relies on his assistants like James David Vance and Elon Musk to do the work of the mirrors. To compound issues, he sees […]

Comprising five of the country’s 36 states, south-east Nigeria is the site of resilient atrocity. In the eight years from the middle of 2015 to the end of 2023, the monitoring coalition, Nigeria Mourns, confirmed about 3,000 killings in this theatre from open source records but unofficial estimates suggest that there may be up to […]

Across the globe, democracy has become the most popular system of government because under it, persons in power are elected by the people to represent them in government thus establishing that the people own the government and that power belongs to the people. No matter how benevolent a dictator may be, it is unreasonable for […]

“Old age is now a moving concept” – American Sociology Professor, 1967. It was in my third year as an undergraduate, when taking a course on demographics, that Professor Epstein made the remark to introduce us to demographics – defined as “the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which […]

My youth was impacted by the years when Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida was at the helm of affairs in Nigeria. I was admitted to the university the very year he led a counter-coup against the fumbling administration of the other coup plotter, Muhammadu Buhari. Both men had disrupted what I still think of as a happy childhood, […]

Brethren, we are welcome to the month of the Trinity. Why?   It’s because the Trinity is the anchor of Christianity.   We recognize, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.  God in three Personalities. When we call upon the hosts of Heaven, we are calling on the Trinity, God the Father, God the […]

Associates and praise-singers of President Bola Tinubu who think that the emerging crisis in the Lagos State House of Assembly is no threat to his 26-year dominion over Lagos should better rethink. Though it now appears as a storm in a teacup, the potential for escalation is very visible. Significantly, this threat to Tinubu is not coming […]

‘A witch chanted yesterday and a child dies today; who does not know that the witch that chanted was responsible for the death of the child’ is a rough translation of a Yoruba adage. In other words, there should be a connection between a chanting witch and a dead child. This popular adage came to […]