Essays

FROM FAVOUR AFOLABI TO CHIEF FEMI FANI-KAYODE. “I believe we can build the “PDP setting of the future,” today, the PDP remains the only truly represented party in every nook and cranny of Nigeria; we MUST build such a platform of like minded Nigerians to help in providing the kind of developmental leadership that we […]

“…We can’t keep feeding the philosphy of two Nigeria’s and expect to make progress. Consider this-how can you make progress with your brother when he is pulling in one direction and you the opposite direction? If the old guard have chosen that destiny for themselves, the youth ought to chart a new course. You shouldn’t

“AU leaders had an agreement that facilitated peace in Liberia. It’s shameful how Obasanjo threw Charles Taylor under the bus after pressure from the Europeans and America (not a signatory to the so-called UN court). For four years Iraq went through a wave of brutal ethnic cleansing, I don’t see the UN Court going after

A new form of government is slowly being introduced to the world by the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The test run for this new, innovative and unique system of government was introduced to the world from a sick bed in a Saudi Arabian hospital two months ago by Nigeria’s ailing President Umaru

I have dedicated my life to Africa, I love Africa and I am very proud to be an African but the truth is this: that, generally speaking, Africans do not love themselves or love their own. Our continent, as beautiful and blessed with human and mineral resources as she is, is plagued with more bitterness,

Julius Malema, the President of the Youth League of the South African ruling party, the African National Congress, has become a topic of heated discussion throughout the capitals of the world today mainly due to his deep hatred of the white South African Afrikaneer population and for his resurrection of an old ANC war song

According to Sheik Ishaq Akintola, the leader of a well-known Nigerian islamic organisation called MURIC, no less than one million muslims intend to march to Abuja and storm the National Assembly in order to register their strong protest against the “persecution” of Senator Ahmed Sanni, the Yerima of Bakura and the man who introduced criminal

This morning I wish to raise an issue which most people may not be too interested in and which they may not want to talk about or even comment on. Nevertheless, and despite this, I shall still raise it here simply because I believe that it is of vital importance for so many reasons, not

Before reading my essay may I crave your indulgence and ask you to read through Chief Mathew Mbu’s comments which are provided on this link: The Nation This is why it is so important for us to learn about our history properly, to read as widely as possible and to do our own research before

Let me begin by commending Mr. O’seun Ogunseitan and the convenors of this vital discussion on the death of Sir Tafawa Balewa who have given us the opportunity to iron out this vital issue of monumental historical importance once and for all and then hopefully, at the end of it all, we can perhaps bring