As far back as December 29, 1987 ( 37 years ago ), Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, had already taken on the Federal Government of Nigeria on behalf of the Nigerian masses regarding the issue of subsidy removal on…
AS President Tinubu nears one year in office, his spokespersons announced there would be no celebration to mark the milestone. Given Nigeria’s current situation, there is little to celebrate. The economy is regressing, and the challenges Tinubu inherited have only…
IN the English Literature parlance, where there is detailed study of plays, poetry and most times novels, a mindless person is sometimes placed in the category of the imbecile, because he is never thinking critically, analytically or intelligently. Some even…
The late Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, who won the June 12, 1993 presidential poll, had on June 11, 1994, declared himself President in a historic speech entitled “Enough is Enough,” which was delivered at Epetedo in Lagos Island. Read…
Around ten days ago, I started this essay on the above topic. As I woke up this morning, I thought a day like this, being democracy day in Nigeria, would be appropriate to write the sequel in what promises to…
AS President Bola Amhed Tinubu (PBAT) roll out drums in commemoration of democracy day today, he did not need retelling that the citizens – since he took office – have been reduced to a precarious and feral existence as they…
In the massive ruins of the nation’s economy, it will be self-abnegation not to acknowledge the fact that the rejection of N62,000 or N100,000 minimum wage by the organized labour unions is a direct gloomy recipe for economic disaster for…
WHEN I wrote my words for the anthem, in 1978, it was my dream for the country to move forward and take its place among the great nations of the world. But all that potential has been hijacked and degraded…
THE Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have been grappling with the federal government over workers’ rights, culminating in a nationwide strike. The question arises: is the strike action legal? The answer lies in the United…
EDO people cannot afford to go for the less when the best and the finest exists… In the series; And The Winner Is?, I shall attempt to critically and unbiasedly analyze the likely top six political parties, and their respective…
