Development experts and scholars have always argued that national development or progress in all ramifications is normally incremental, that is, by continually taking it a step further from where the project stops in the era of a previous set of leadership. The development project can be at the level of an institution or at the […]

With the 2019 presidential election seven days away, we should check Gen. Mohammadu Buhari’s promises during his 2015 campaign against his performance. That should determine if he deserves  our votes again.

Tears of pain filled my eyes as I looked through the window and saw well-dressed little school boys and girls in Nursery and Primary Schools singing the Nigeria National Anthem. I stood attention quickly with gusto as I heard them echo, “Arise O compatriots!”

I waited this long before weighing in on the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano’s contrived face-off with the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, because I thought the story was a classic case of fake news. Obiano was alleged to have called Nwodo an idiot.

When Tegbe showed interest in the race for Oyo top seat, not many gave him a chance in an environment already crowded. However, with the competence of his team, and the commitment of his supporters aided by the talk of him being the preferred one, the name and his message, often referred to as TEGBElization spread like wildfire.