THIS is indeed a critical period of our national life when a raging war on desperate terrorists has kept military operations in North-East and others parts of the North in persistent media spotlight. And as would be expected, the subject now dominates the country’s Online media conten

MORE than any other aspirant to Nigeria’s presidency in recent times, General Muhammadu Buhari has received the most criticism for his brand of politics, his undignified utterances and what many view as desperation. Buhari does not come across as an overly ambitious Nigerian politician but that posturing is just on the surface. Behind that façade that he is in politics for altruistic reasons lies a deep-seated craving for power which has been obvious since his much criticized overthrow of the Shagari presidency in 1983. Not only did his coup plot set the country backwards by several decades, the way he went about exercising his power gave the first revelation of his character as a man whose decision can be biased by extraneous considerations.

I was preparing my regular end of year/beginning of the New Year analysis on Nigeria when the airwaves where almost physically assaulted by the unexpected and unexplainable call by the Buhari Campaign Organization of the All Progressive Congress, APC, to the military to mutiny!

LUCKILY for the Ijaw man who had no shoes but managed by a combination of hard work, a studious mind, the cunningness of a boa constrictor – many thanks to his adept study of zoology – and of course, a large dose of divine intervention which many ignorantly like to pass off as good luck, he is today, arguably, the most powerful man in the black world.

By Sunny Ikhioya ONE thing that has characterised us as a nation is self denial. We run away from the truth as long as the pinch is not on our foot directly. How is it possible to have solutions to the multiple challenges facing us if we are afraid to diagnose correctly the problems facing […]