“As a party, we consider … unacceptable the precipitous governance of the nation in the last two years. More galling is the priorities of Mr. President, which, unfortunately, are at variance with the political and economic health of the...

“Jonathan challenges critics, says he has performed”

THIS PIECE is provoked by a front-page caption (quoted in the heading above) in the Daily Independent newspaper of May 30, 2013 in which President Goodluck Jonathan “challenges” the...

THE military expedition going on in Yobe, Adamawa and Borno states, misnamed declaration of emergency, reminds me of what happened in America in 1910.

The story was better illustrated by the bestseller author, Robert Greene in his book titled...

THE 1999 Constitution was amended to give effect to the inclusion of the National Industrial Court in the list of superior courts of record and the transfer to it of jurisdiction in all employment causes as opposed to the former position where its...

LEADERSHIP is rooted in the society. The society is anchored on the people. The degree to which every act of leadership impacts the lives of the people therefore greatly determines the failure or success of that leadership exercise. It therefore...

THE PUNCH newspaper of May 31, 2013 reported that the Federal Government might before long commence a clampdown on “extremist groups”, especially the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of...

SOME readers of this page last week queried the narrative’s scoring of President Jonathan on his mid-term report. I knew it would be so, having provided a somewhat noncommittal headline (Mr. President Didn’t Fail, He Didn’t Pass Either) and...

THE matter of the controversial election of the Nigeria Governors Forum to choose a chairman is still raging. Now the parties are in court to prove an elusive point. I will explain why it an elusive point. Let’s work with the most favourable...

THE recent signing into law of a gay marriage bill by the French President, Mr Francois Hollande, and the passage of an anti-gay legislation by our own House of Representatives have framed the issue of homosexuality once more in terms of...

THE office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, and that of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been speaking on Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, the governor of Sokoto State from 1999 to...

EXACTLY 20 years ago, there was a country! Nigerians of all persuasions – Christians and Muslims; Northerners and Southerners; Arewa, Afenifere and Ndigbo, OPC, MOSOP, MASSOB and even Boko Haram — so decided. That appeared to have effectively...

HIGHLY talented people have a rough time adapting to new circumstances. This is because in their over confidence, talented persons feel they know it all. This is why it is difficult for them to continually expand their talent. Being adaptable or...