Governor Olusegun Otaibayomi Mimiko is 62 years old tomorrow, October 3. Language deconstructionists will agree with our matching of Mimiko’s names (Olusegun Otaibayomi or “ God given victory to shame ill will”) with his persona, struggles and achievements.

As Nigeria reforms, restructures and strategizes towards pulling back the economy unto a path of inclusive and sustainable growth, it is useful to pay detailed attention to the sectors and subsectors.   This is because while summary pictures succeed in showing the prevailing conditions, the secrets to the various pieces of the solution lie in the […]

One of the greatest souls that ever bestrode the earth, a champion and founding father of the Jewish State of Israel, a former freedom fighter, a former soldier, an internationally-acclaimed statesman, a Nobel Laureate, a former Minister, a former Member of the Israeli Parliament for 50 years, a three-time Prime Minister of Israel, a President of the Jewish state, a diplomat, a peacemaker, an institution in the politics of Israel and the Middle East and the most experienced leader and politician that the State of Israel was ever blessed with, President Shimon Peres, has passed on at the ripe old age of 93.

Nigeria is 56 years old today. Consequently it is time to speak some home-truths and look at where we are in the scheme of things.

States and settlements existed in Nigeria long before the illegal slavery and invasion of the West into the West Africa.