FOR the first time since he became governor six years ago, Governor Sullivan Iheanacho Chime came before his people, stakeholders in Enugu State, those who voted him into power and gave an account of his stewardship. He chose May 29, aka Democracy...

IT’S the 14th Democracy Day and I’m looking at the Niger Delta basin, site of all of Nigeria’s crude oil production since 1958. I am looking at the basin from the point of view of possibilities.

On the Benin River one afternoon in late...

REFLECTING on Nigeria’s democratic experience since 1999, former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide and former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, say all is not a write-off, as the country can do better...

You have trusted me with your mandate, and I will never, never let you down

Being President Goodluck Jonathan’s inauguration address on the occasion of his swearing-in as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria on May 29...

(Inauguration speech by President Umar Musa Yar’Adua on May 30, 2007)

HIS Excellency, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan; President of the Senate, the Speaker, House of Representatives, my Lord Chief Justice of Nigeria, President Olusegun...

AT a meeting in the early 1960s, the leaders of a poor nation just exiting colonial rule gaily informed colleagues visiting from another developing country how well they were doing under self-rule. They had acquired huge palm oil plantations...

AN essential attribute of democracy, which makes it a beauty to behold, is its reliance on the Rule of Law as its major pillar. That it is inexorably anchored on the Rule of Law as its fulcrum makes it the best and most attractive form of...

Ladipo Adamolekun, Professor of Public Administration,  former university teacher, Public Administration Officer at the United Nations (UN), World Bank Public Sector Management  specialist  and  2005 recipient of the ...

AS a retired public servant, one of the things that make me most uncomfortable is when people meet me and start to praise me and my generation for our conduct while in service and, as their proof of how the service is now being run down, begin to...

Inaugural speech by His Excellency, President Olusegun Obasanjo following his swearing-in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29, 1999.

FELLOW Nigerians, we give praise and honour to God Almighty for this day specially...

TODAY is Democracy Day in Nigeria, a day earmarked in 2000 to celebrate the return of democratic governance, as symbolised by representatives of the people freely chosen at an organised election that meets universal baselines.

It would be the...

Professor Ben Nwabueze, chairman of The Patriots, a group of eminent persons in Nigeria, and a member, Chief Solomon Adun Asemota (SAN), spoke on the state of the nation, including amnesty for Boko Haram members, and the need to convene a national...