The year 2015 fortunately is ending without a major implosion that could threaten the corporate existence of Nigeria. As a result of this, casting one’s mind back the past 12 months, one would be grateful to God that despite the ...
Between 1881 and 1914, virtually all parts of Africa were effectively under the control of the European gladiators who scrambled for the soul of the continent. The Berlin Conference of 1844 officially kick-started the process and in a short while, ...
The publication of the recent photographs of the former powerful Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, hit Nigerians and the world like a thunderstorm. Dele Momodu, publisher, writer and entrepreneur, actually hit a “jackpot” by releasing the photographs and ...
At last, the much-awaited portfolios of the recently screened ministerial nominees were unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari this Wednesday (11/11/2015) and Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief. I can imagine how many Nigerians would be glued to their TV sets ...
We are in the age of materialism and consumerism in which money is a god worshiped by billions of people. In Nigeria, as a microcosm of our world, lack of value orientation has made most of us to believe that ...
On May 31, 2014, the US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was released by his captors in Afghanistan. He was captured on June 30, 2009 by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network under some controversial circumstances. Sgt. Bergdahl was said to have “got ...
Since the assumption of office of President Muhammadu Buhari, those who wished him dead or, at least, wished that they had additional reasons to justify their portrayal of him as a “serial failure” have been busy muckraking. In their anti-Buhari ...
Worried about the pervasiveness of moral decadence in the Nigerian society, the Islamic College, Ilorin, themed its 9th Graduation and 14th End-of-the-Session Programme “Moral Decadence in the Society and the Review of the Educational System” to which this writer was ...
During the heady days leading to the beginning of the Second World War, European countries started to re-arm themselves militarily. However, Frank Buckman, an American, jolted the sensibilities of their leaders by insisting that military re-armament was not the only ...
When I shared Dr Reuben Abati’s latest article, “The phones no longer ring”, with my Facebook friends at the beginning of the week, I noted that he could have done different things and done things differently. I also acknowledged his ...
It is worth stressing that when the various afflictions that hold Nigeria to ransom are atomized, the root cause of most of them will be found in the home. This is because many homes have ceased from being what they ...
Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief when President Muhammadu Buhari during the week relieved his inherited baggage of service chiefs of their posts. For many Nigerians who wanted change, keeping them for more than a month was too long and ...