The Descent Into An Animal State, By Olu Akanmu
“To this war of every man against every man, this also is consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have no place. Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. Justice and injustice are none of the faculties neither of…
Leadership And The Priority Of Interest, By Taiwo Odukoya
Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it abides alone… (John 12:24) It is the price of leadership to sacrifice self-interest or as Simon Sinek aptly puts it, "The cost of leadership is self-interest." What makes such leadership powerful is that it does not need a…
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Giving Our All To Serve The Electorate, By Rauf Aregbesola
The journey to our inauguration today began on the day of our inauguration, exactly four years ago, when the party we displaced began to unleash a wicked engine of relentless falsehood to destabilise our administration and bring our downfall. They have engaged in every form of shenanigan and put every…
The President Nigerians Need in 2015, By Omano Edigheji
n the 2015 elections, Nigerians would have to make hard choices about the next president because their future and that of the country depend on it. As we approach the elections, especially the presidential election, some members of the political elite wants to make religion the dominant issue instead of…
Does Jonathan Know The Price At Which Our “democracy” Was Bought? By Ogaga Ifowodo
By condoning, if not authorising, serial acts of impunity, is President Jonathan transforming democracy by redefining it as minority rule? Or simply returning us to the forgotten epoch of might is right? The most popular definition of democracy remains that proffered by Abraham Lincoln in the famous Gettysburg Address to…
Solarizing The Systemic By, Toyin Falola
Because of five red emotional buttons anything that has to do with education often triggers in the deepest point of my heart, the invitation to deliver this convocation address could not be turned down under any circumstances because it was in accordance with my long-held principle of adding value to…
A Government of Moon Men? By Garba Shehu
As if they ran this government from the moon, totally oblivious of what goes on here on the scorched earth, the President of our country, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan told an international audience last week that as far as the Boko Haram insurgency is concerned, they should not take the Nigerian…
Wingless Eagles! By Dele Agekameh
Sad enough, a treacherous, lousy Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign ended with the Super Eagles of Nigeria, the current champions, spectacularly failing to get the required result right in front of their home fans at the last hurdle. With this, they crashed out of contention for the ultimate African…
Tambuwal and His Shameful Law-Breaker Supporters, By Femi Aribisala
Have you ever heard the parable of a man who stole a goat and was arrested and prosecuted? When brought before the judge, his line of defense was that others had stolen goats in the past but had not been prosecuted. How does that absolve him of guilt? The man…
Imminent Collapse of Civil Rule in Nigeria, Femi Falana
The dreaded Boko Haram sect has continued to unleash mayhem on defenceless civilians including school children in the north east region . In the last couple of months, the satanic society has annexed part of the territory of the Republic of Nigeria. In the circumstance, the President and Commander-in-Chief of…
