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.