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Nigeria Should “Boycott” Future Olympics by Okey Ndibe

By Okey Ndibe Nigeria went to Rio, Brazil and, as the world looked on, gave a thoroughly embarrassing account of…

John Kerry’s Visit: Beyond The Cover Story

Reuben Abati Essential elements of intelligence and the intelligence cycle in overseas relations include what is better described as “the…

The Godless Cathedrals of Nigeria

Ademola Araoye In the end, through the eons the timelessness, limitlessness and endlessness of God reflect the distillation of an…

Aregbesola’s hidden treasure in Osun State

Abiodun KOMOLAFE, “I hope that my achievements in life shall be these – that I will have fought for what…

Paying tribute to O. J. Abuah

Reuben Abati Life is all about memories. It is the only thing we are left with when flesh and spirit…

PDP and the limits of compromise

Femi Fani-Kayode When I warned the Nigerian people about what the APC represented and that, if given power, they would…

The criminality of budget padding

Femi Falana Last week, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives arrogantly maintained that he would not…

The parable of the husband’s cane

Reuben Abati One other outcome of our democratic experience since 1999 is how demanding and insatiable the Nigerian voter has…

A break from God

Two years ago, I published a piece titled, “God Don’t Love Africa and Africans”,[http://www.pambazuka.org/governance/god-don%E2%80%99t-love-africa-and-africans]. For whatever reason, the piece never…

Tales from Rio

In some other countries of the world, a bronze medal at the Olympics is not something to be talked about…

Time to call the question of Biafra

Can somebody please remind me, again, why Nnamdi Kanu is still sitting in jail? Of course, I know the various…

The Theology and Ideology of Nigerian violence by Okey Ndibe

By Okey Ndibe Two curious events took place last week. In one, the leadership of the Islamic State of Iraq…

A land flooded with milk and money – Trouble!

Kole Omotoso Everything in Nigeria is a miracle. So, when people go for months and even years without salary and…

A new lease of life at OAU

As students resume tomorrow – hopefully! – for a new academic session at the Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of…

Nigeria, 2016 olympics and other stories

Reuben Abati “I hear we are no longer Nigeria, but the United States of Nigeria” “You didn’t hear anything. Stop…

Nigeria: Demystifying “Recession” and ways out of it

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently reported that economic activities are fast declining which gave a confirmation to speculations…

The World On Edge – Remembering August 6, 1945 by John Darlington

August 6, 1945, goes down in history as the day when the detonation of a very dangerously powerful explosive reportedly…

As Obafemi Awolowo University reopens

Wumi Raji Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife burst to life on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 following the arrival of fresh…

Endorsing Hillary Clinton

Reuben Abati If there was any hope that Donald Trump would change tactics and be more restrained after winning the…

Padded Budget, Padded Change by Okey Ndibe

By Okey Ndibe I have often argued that the Nigerian state is, at bottom, a criminal enterprise, organized to serve…

A dearth of diplomacy and the decay of the Nigerian diplomat

Ademola Araoye With foreign policy, it was easy to let sleeping dogs lie. Foreign policy is considered arcane and too…

Facts on Osun: Salaries and pensions

Since the problem of non-payment of salaries for public sector workers across states of the federation became national issue early…

Reuben Abati: Let’s talk Turkey about Turkey

I was shocked by the trenchant reaction to my piece on the July 15 attempted coup in Turkey from at…

A country of honorifics, but no honour

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò Not too long ago, a report in the social section of one of our national dailies caught my…

The Fajuyi legacy and demand for restructuring of Nigeria

Being the speech delivered by Femi Falana SAN to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi,…

How Ambode managed to increase the life span of Lagosians

By Seun Bisuga In July 2015, research from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, King’s College London, and…

Ghost Workers Quandary: Coalition and Collection of interest in Adamawa

By David Dimas Payroll fraud (the placement of non-existing, underage, retired or deceased staff’s names on the payroll especially of…
Herbert Wigwe

Access Bank’s CSR drive and why people come first

Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe the current CEO and Group managing director of Access Bank, one of Nigeria’s top five banking institutions,…

What is ‘juicy’ in National Assembly committees?

Separation of powers is the fulcrum of representative government, otherwise known as democracy. In a democracy, there are usually three…

The ding-dong in Ekiti – 2

“We have relied essentially on natural gas for the generation of electricity. This has created a lot of problems for…
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