IT is amazing how a shrivelled conscience can allow people inflict so much pain on others and extinguish human solidarity planted in the DNA of all humans. I am reminded of this each time I think of local government...
Bleak as the Delta situation appears to be, given the recent escalation of violence, we may actually be approaching a stage of possible resolution – touch wood! This is why, albeit with much reluctance, I feel I...
It is shameful that in 2009, we are still unable to conduct ourselves like civilized and enlightened people. The conduct of INEC, the Police and the political parties especially the PDP in the suspended Ekiti Re Run...
The more things seem to change, the more they remain the same. I don’t know the author of that saying, but I find myself repeating it all the time. Take a cursory look at the history of Nigeria and you’re...
The continent of Africa has undergone momentous political changes and transformations since the preceding decade. Throughout the continent, non-elected and dictatorial regimes of both civilian and military have been...
My thoughts are many and spread. Sometimes, I try to find the truth; what am I actually doing here? What brought me here is truly to live and work or to work and live or simply, to make money without working but...
My friend and long time colleague, Maero Ozako had created a group on Facebook (we belong to the ‘Agbayas on Facebook Clan”) titled “Throw a shoe at the Rebranding Nigeria Project” (a la the...
My first intuition was to head this treatise “How Not to Help a People” or “How best to Assist a People” but I ended up following other instinct probably because the discourse is about financial...
Text of a lecture delivered by Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, as part of activities marking the centenal birthday celebration of Chief Obafemi Awolowo held at the MUSON Centre, Lagos, on Tuesday, March...
Some believe we live in dangerous times. They look at what they can see; the deep in the world economy, turmoil in some places of the earth, natural disaster, lack of food in Haiti and elsewhere which is a bigger...
The discriminatory practice of the Osu caste system in Igboland has thrived against copious attempts to abolish this inhumane, sadistic, heartless and degrading treatment. Many statutes, laws, edicts and proclamations...
A BROKEN GOVERNMENT: The Threshold of Constitutional Crisis and Abuse of the Impeachment Process in Nigeria - By Roy ChikwemSince the introduction of democracy in Nigeria, five governors have been impeached in a...