I AM deeply concerned and flummoxed, as are most decent Nigerians, about the present political quagmire we find ourselves in, against a backdrop of the collapse or near collapse of governmental structures and services, widespread […]
I MUST give kudos to the progenitors of the peace accord between President Jonathan and General Buhari for this 2015 general election into the office of the president, and now being emulated and adopted at […]
TWO weeks ago, I received from a Nigerian who identified himself as Professor EJC Nwana, a letter in which he told me he was “thoroughly worried that your hatred of President Jonathan has been elevated […]
The APC Candidate has been on a tour of the UK, chaperoned by his political campaign advisers Dr. Kayode Fayemi and Mr. Chibuike Amaechi. Two things are rather immediately clear from Buhari’s UK tours: one, […]
The long-awaited report of the forensic audit on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which the Federal Government hired PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to conduct has finally been released. As with almost everything in these political times, […]
The legendary sociologist scholar, Max Weber defined a successful state as ‘one that could be said to succeed if it maintains a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force’. Another intellectual giant, Robert Bates […]
One drawback critics of General Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian version of Abraham Lincoln have pointed out is his lack of international appeal. He pales in significance when compared with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The latter […]
From PETRUS OBI, THE SUN In his interview recently the Secretary General of the Igbo apex body Ohanaeze Ndigbo Dr. Joe Nwaorgu dismissed insinuations of a division in the Igbo body, describing the caretaker committee […]
A few years back, it was a common practice among members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to describe their political party as the largest in Africa. None of us outside the party bothered to […]
The plan by the Federal Government to make a first degree the minimum teaching qualification in Nigeria is a worthwhile aspiration that should help improve the quality of teaching in the country. Education Minister, Ibrahim […]
An unstable currency is a precursor to airline failure. Even in a stable economy, airline business is virtually unprofitable, or has very low return on investment. Since October 2014, our currency, the naira, has been […]
Honourable Simon Yakubu Arabo, a lawyer, represents Kauru federal constituency of Kaduna State on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview with Juliet Oyoyo, DAILY INDEPENDENT he speaks on the postponement of […]
I am appalled by the direction our dear country is going. A nation where honest men and women of integrity are vilified and denigrated while thieves and people of dubious character are celebrated and treated as […]
Nigerians are different . They act differently. They do things differently. Their reactions to issues are equally different,especially when you compare them to citizens of other countries especially in Africa. When Nigerians travel out of […]
The upcoming presidential election is no doubt the current trending topic in Nigeria today and Impact Social, a company who specialise in analysis of social media and its impact on politics and policy has over a […]
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Matthew Aremu Obasanjo, the old fox of Nigerian politics, the proverbial cat with nine lives, the dry meat that fills the mouth, loves limelight and the dramatic to the extent […]
One month ago, a 2-minute animated video on the inflation of public contracts was shared with Nigerians through social media platforms. The online comments that followed the video showed little or no surprise that public […]
I’m just as mad as the next man about the failings of the Jonathan administration. Many a Nigerian has wondered how he hired some of those people who work for him and why they serve […]
A former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrashid Maina, who was accused of embezzling N195 billion by a Senate special committee, has stated that his trouble began after he refused to give the […]
Just as I predicted, the dust raised by former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Chukwuma Soludo on Nigeria’s missing trillions, seems unlikely to settle anytime soon. Once I had thought the matter settled – disappointingly […]
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