Since Buhari became President certain measures have been put in place to improve the living conditions of Nigerians and foreigners in the country

In spite of the fact that PWAs constitute one of the largest vulnerable groups in Nigeria today, they are actually neglected by government at all levels

In spite of the fact that PWAs constitute one of the largest vulnerable groups in Nigeria today, they are actually neglected by government at all levels

To what extent has President Buhari fulfilled his lofty 2015 campaign promises? Has the living condition of the masses really improved since he assumed power?

The heavy cost implications of presidential democracy Nigeria copied from the United States has been a contentious issue particularly since the return to civilian administration in 1999

Humanistic philosophers interpret death differently, but most of them tend to regard the biological approach as inescapable, legitimate and illuminating. John Hick, in his well-researched book, Death and Eternal Life, provides a convenient window into humanistic approaches and understanding of death.

But this story is puzzling, considering that vinegar is a temporary stimulant, and for a wounded man like Jesus, a sniff or taste of vinegar should induce a restorative effect

By eliminating rival deities, the Pharaoh appropriated their powers. Now, Christianity appropriated the powers of its competitors by emulating an ascending Pharaoh’s mythical performance

The conviction that Jesus died and resurrected means that he triumphed over death, such that anyone who believes in him is born-again with renewed hope of salvation and a new spiritual life in Christ

The fight against corruption has largely become a caricature, an empty slogan used either for harassing opposition members and their supporters or for compelling corrupt politicians to join the APC

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who appears to be fixated with blaming the PDP as a scapegoat for the egregious failures of this government, believes that Buhari’s re-election is divinely ordained. For myself, it is sad that both men, who are devout Muslim and Christian respectively, can peddle the fiction of integrity and moral uprightness when the reality on ground is completely different

There is no politician in Igboland today that can be placed on the same political pedestal as Dr. Azikiwe. Mutatis mutandis, the same is true of Chief Awolowo who could be likened to the eagle on top of the tallest political Iroko tree in Yorubaland

To an unbiased student of Nigerian political history, it is ironic that the better educated southerners were outsmarted politically by their not so well-educated compatriots from the north

Naturally, the overriding intention of British imperialism for Nigeria was to protect the economic interest of Britain; it had nothing to do with the creation of a viable democratic country

The best way to evaluate the kind of democracy practiced in Nigeria since independence is to consider the extent to which civilian administrations had been able to make government to be truly “of the people, by the people, and for the people”