We must upgrade our values; we must emphasize and reward hard work, discipline, honesty, merit

Buhari’s kitchen cabinet is always attracting criticisms, even from members of the President’s own party, the All Progressives Congress

Government is not paying its bills; NBET has been paying as little as 20 per cent of the Gencos’ invoices

Even as he was fading away last week, Dr Parra refused to give up and was in regular contact with CWC staff, hungry for industry news and concerned about the welfare of the work teams

We have no white elephant paper projects like the centenary city existing with nothing to show these days

I am beginning to think that there should also be a “#HE Too” movement, comprising men who have been lured by ladies who lust!

He needs to pay more attention to the anger and hunger of large chunks of the electorate

Vera was an ideal person with whom to share and discuss personal difficulties and problems

A minister in this government in 2015 boastfully told us that a serious goverment could fix power problems in Nigeria under six months

The criminal activities of the Herdsmen is being allowed to go on with apparent lack of unwillingness on the part of government to address it frontally

We who campaigned for Buhari and urged our compatriots to vote for him in 2015 need to be honest and admit that the overall picture is disappointing…and that Buhari is not the messiah some of us expected him to be

Rivers State has been in the eye of the storm for years; and if gunning gangsters down is the only way in which law enforcement personnel can restore sanity and safety on behalf of terrified innocent citizens, so be it

Nigeria desperately needs restructuring; and restructuring will happen eventually – and in the not-too-distant future, for that matter – whether Buhari and other staunch traditionalists like it or not!

This slow, quiet late December period is always a perfect time to solemnly reflect on the past and express one’s hopes and fears for the future.

Africa, the black race and the world needs Nigeria to advance the African and black agenda; our duty is to make that ‘mistake’ more perfect