By Adewole Ayodeji As we celebrate the 61st Independence of our dear country today, October 1st, a memorable day that officially marks our freedom from colonialism (United Kingdom), there is a need to evaluate how we have faired as a country so far and what we need to do differently going forward, reminding ourselves of […]

A lot has been achieved in the last six years on many fronts: in infrastructure, social care, governance, Nigeria’s image and influence in Africa and the international community.

Our struggle to get freedom started before October 1, 1960. 61 years later we are still struggling to move Nigeria forward. However, it is imperative that we celebrate and salute those who stood high and stood strong to make a day like this possible. So let’s celebrate these heroes.

By Dakuku Peterside IN recent times, we have been bombarded with news of insecurity, corruption and secession agitations in Nigeria that we have become so used to them. News and images of kidnapping, ethnic killings and mayhem, like horror movies, litter our media space, which have almost become an acceptable reality of life. The problems […]

By Francis Ogbimi NIGERIA’ s performance as a nation since independence is shameful. The federal and state governments have always been borrowing carelessly to erect infrastructure and deceiving the ignorant citizenry that government is committed to developing the nation. This article is written to educate the citizenry that the United States did not just award […]