NAFDAC once dazzled our eyes by its operations .. Its charismatic Director, Dr. Dora Akunyili, captured the affection of many Nigerians, though there were some who were very eager to see her off the scene.

I knew this day would come. I knew that it was just a matter of time before our negligence came back to bite our collective asses. There was a time when the lament was that there were no good women out there for our sons to marry… the story today is rather different.

I knew this day would come. I knew that it was just a matter of time before our negligence came back to bite our collective assets. There was a time when the lament was that there were no good women out there for our sons to marry… the story today is rather different.

I have tried as much as possible to read all the tributes in honour of Major Akinloye Akinyemi that I could find in the hope that some of the questions in my head would be answered. Questions relating primarily to his premature retirement from his beloved profession, and questions relating to his second incarceration by the same military.

Two days after the final of the 100m for women Dr. Emmanuel Udughan, the Governor of Delta State was on line to the Nigerian camp at the London Olympics.

SInce Nigeria became an independent nation in 1960, attempts have been made at various times, through different means, by many political parties and some individuals to catch the shifting and chameleonic animal called, “The National Unity”. The goals set by the country`s founding fathers for political stability and economic prosperity had become so elusive that it had created justified pessimism in the minds of the people about its realization.

EKITI State Governor Kayode Fayemi, said, during a lecture he gave at the Pan African University on Tuesday, that although the post-colonial era is being run by Nigerians, the system of governance at the centre is still “alien and predatory” like the colonial system.

I WAS born in September 1960, the last month of colonial rule in our country. I am, therefore, a typical son of an independent Nigeria.

At times, it is prudent that you throw a stone on a house with a view to finding out the actual location of the house owner.

It has become the norm now for people to grumble after listening to President Goodluck Jonathan. Whether he is talking to Nigerians through his few and far between Presidential Media Chats or reading a prepared text in nationwide broadcasts on important days, many who flock to their radio and television sets often come out feeling they’ve wasted their precious time listening to the President precisely because he gives them few things to go home with.