IN the height of his very public fallout with then President Jonathan, Gen. Obasanjo wrote in an 18-page open letter that one of his grouse with Jonathan was that the latter had set up himself as the president of only the Ijaws. I wonder how Obasanjo is feeling this morning after Buhari unveiled a kitchen and store-room cabinet of 100% Northern males.

MUCH that has been spewed out about the business man, politician, philanthropist and nationalist, Chief Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah has largely been a case of less sense and more nonsense. Most public commentators have missed the entire forest of information about the man, and have focused fixatedly on the single tree. Often too they misidentified or mis-analyzed that single tree even.

When democracy was established in Athens 2,500 years ago, the credit for this was given to Solon, the law giver; Cleisthenes, the father of Athenian democracy and Pericles. The factors responsible for the rise and growth of Athenian democracy are applicable to Nigeria in the light of the 1993 presidential election annulment that led to social stasis

I SAW it differently. We have been long on this, sometimes, misbegotten journey without any destination in sight from 1999 to 2015, for instance. Our arrivals and departures have always revealed mirages and milestones and other unchartered routes not previously spotted in the electronic trackers of our political voyage. The desired salvation, pardon the religious connotation, is always in the future – in the future that has appeared perpetually impossible to transform into reality.

THE news of the Senators rejection of a cut in their allowances did not come as a surprise to those keen National Assembly observers. When it comes to matters concerning money, our politicians have proved themselves to be the same; their selfish interests comes first, they never yield ground.

Success is a choice, not an obligation. Since that is the case, business-minded individuals need to make informed choices in their quest for management education. Business schools may be numerous, but experts observe that only a few actually fit the profile.

WHAT made the last general elections more significant is that for the first time in the political history of Nigeria, a sitting president was defeated in an election in which he was a candidate. The truth and reality is that in most countries of Africa “the power of incumbency” has largely been used often to subvert the will of the electorate. Nigeria has not been an exception until, of course, the last presidential election.

EVERY Nigerian loudly proclaims their hatred of corruption. Corruption has made majority of us poor and our country backward, with only a handful of super-rich folks, most of them crooks. We all want corrupt people brought out to the public square and lynched.

THE story of Dickson’s rise bespeaks the possibilities that can emerge when responsible governance lends a catalytic hand to those without access to the traditional levers of privilege and power. Like the overwhelming majority of the state’s indigenes who identify with Dickson’s governing philosophy, the governor’s appreciation for modest beginnings and the transformative power of […]

If there is one thing Nigerians agree with without any acrimony, it is that we do not do things in half measures. We are committed and passionate about whatever we do. We do not take prisoners in expressing our thoughts on the state of affairs in our country. As a result, every Nigerian is a commentator on the state of affairs in the sleeping giant of Africa as they analyse news and not shy to offer opinions.