This policy of militarizing the East will have a blowback that many have not thought about. And I also really wish that the Biafra activists should understand that they are about to turn the East once again into another theatre of war

I hate to rain on this parade, but let us be clear, the Nigerian university system is a sick joke. It does not exist. Or let us say, it does exist, but it exists as a danger to the word itself

The business of government is development, but it must not be “forceful development.” Governments work in partnership with the people, through a civilized process of negotiation

This government must begin to take both symbolic and practical steps to restore belief in “one Nigeria” – through social programmes; through actions that validate the supremacy of the citizen under the rule of law and the givens of equity, but not by threat or deceit or force

The elements were kinder this time. Friday night was clear. After a few inevitable hiccups, the host branch, the DC/Washington branch, welcomed us all with a reception dinner, and as usual, it was the place to renew acquaintances

Within minutes of the report of the killing, the police Commissioner announced that the killings are connected to a drug gang war brought home to Ozubulu. If that were so, when did the police know this fact?

Procuring a N700 million house for the use of the Sultan is a scandalous misuse of public fund – in a state which records one of the lowest school enrollments nationwide and whose public education infrastructure where it exists is primitive

The reduction of the significance of Nigeria affects Nigerians in very important ways in international circles, where Nigeria is currently seen primarily as a “lap dog of empire” and also as a nation of very inferior leadership

The 774 local governments in Nigeria must be abolished, and a new criteria set under the constitution to regulate the establishment and incorporation of local administration

The president of Nigeria has enormous powers that needs to be clipped or contained, otherwise, we will continue to have corruption, a lack of transparency in the workings of government