THE SURPRISING MERGER OF THE PDP AND THE APC The PDP and the APC have decided to form a grand coalition in order to lay the foundation for the
A JERRY RAWLINGS SOLUTION FOR NIGERIA? A fictitious prescription for Nigeria’s class of political “lootocrats.” As the crème de la crème of the Nigerian intelligentsia are
BUHARI’S NEW MINISTERS: TO STEAL OR NOT TO STEAL Out of his twelve disciples, Jesus decided to make the thief, Judas, his “Minister of Finance.” If you were appointed
NIGERIA CANNOT DO WITHOUT THE NORTH Without the North, Nigeria and Nigerians would be reduced to nonentities. In 2005, Goldman Sachs Investment Bank forecast that Nigeria
RE-INVENTING IGBO POLITICS IN NIGERIA Out of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Igbo have by far the worst politicians. Among the different
WHY LAMIDO SANUSI SHOULD END UP IN KIRIKIRI Lamido Sanusi should not only be sacked, he should be tried and, if convicted, should be jailed. One of the
THERE IS NO GOODLUCK IN CORRUPTION Like a contagious life-threatening disease, PDP has been an affliction on Nigeria for the last 15 years. In its days
BULLYING THE SOUTH-SOUTH MINORITIES Let there be no mistake about it: the rejection of Jonathan in 2015 will be interpreted as the rejection of
HOW TO BECOME A HIGHLY ESTEEMED NIGERIAN Don’t speak English like an Ibadan man. Speak with the kind of phonetics that even your mother will wonder where
WHAT DOES BOLA TINUBU WANT? The very things that made Tinubu successful in the South-West are bound to shipwreck him in the APC. Over the