Articles & Opinions

The lifetime ambition of former vice president Atiku Abubakar is to be the president of Nigeria and to have absolute control of Adamawa politics. Atiku’s pursuit of this super-ambition dates …

By: Ifeanyi Izeze At times one strongly feels to just stop bothering himself with the Niger Delta, its interesting people, and their peculiar ways. How else can anyone describe the …

Those who were not born before June 12 1993 may not know what is all about .For record purposes , June 12 1993 was the day Nigerians from the East, …

By Dele Awogbeoba For over two years now, the Igbo political elite have been uncomfortable with their choice for president losing at the last Nigerian presidential election. Since that time, …

It is no more news that Nigerians of Igbo extraction have been given marching orders to vacate the North by Northern youths under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Youths …

It was Eleanor Roosevelt who posited that no one could make you a slave without your consent. Some of us have resolved not to continue as slaves. And we will …

*By Saifullahi Abubakar* It is normal for a public figure, a successful one for that matter, to attract occasional sneer, derision or outright envy. But it is abnormal when such …

Akintokunbo A Adejumo akinadejum@aol.com   This article is not meant or written to disparage or ridicule the system of governance, politics and democracy in our country (although if I were …

By Stanley Anozie The emergence of any nation-state ought to happen via a well thought-out socio-political framework or blueprint—call it a social contract. This social contract—like a moral contract— must …

What does democracy teach and promise us? The underlying principle of democracy is that it is a system of governance by the people and for the people. While democracy is …