ONE Nigeria is not a homogenising vat where different cultures blend into one. Consequently, although I am an avowed proponent of one Nigeria, I am exceedingly conscious that I cannot be a true Nigerian without first being a consummate Igbo. So, as I brood over the problems of Nigeria, I brood, even more, over the problems of the Igbo. The Igbo are one of the major ethnic groups of Nigeria, with the wherewithal: numerical strength, industry, education, wealth, ingenuity, etc, to secure a robust and extensive niche in Nigerian politics. That we have failed to do this requires an explanation.

By Victor Pam As the campaigns continue to heat the polity, we must be careful about the choices we make because our options can be our albatross, as well as our Messiah. I say this for two reasons, one is because of the empty promises flying around like promissory notes and the other is the […]

By Sunday Garuba The elections are around the corner, and again, the hysteria that usually greets such exercises has rented the air. There has been lots of politicking going on around the country. Political strategists and analysts are at their best-giving situations and scenarios that would shape the outcome of the elections. In all of […]

The attention was not so much on what he said, though what he said was weighty; in fact too serious and thought provoking to be ignored.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode would go down in the political history of Lagos State as a rare politician with the heart of kindness; even when an average politician would nag or turn grumpy, the civil servant-turned-politician stayed afloat and focused while campaigning for his party’s governorship candidate in the 2019 elections in the state, Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu.