I celebrate you,a living legend and uncommon African icon, Chief (Dr) Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Obasanjo ( OBJ), on your 87th birthday, which took place on March 5,2024.On paper, you are 87,having been bornbon on March 5,1937. But, you have maintained to me and all who cared to listen, again and again, that your age was … Read more
INTRODUCTION Error is becoming a norm in Nigeria. It has become our tradition. We have become a country of oddities; a country of one error per minute! We have become unshockable. Sadly, we spend the bulk of our time discussing inanities that ordinarily should not be heard in any serious forum. When some of us … Read more
INTRODUCTION In the last episode, we looked at how insecurity in Nigeria is endangered by a prostrate supine government. We then proffered some panaceas including true fiscal federalism. Today, we shall continue the Nigerian panacea vide true fiscal federalism after which we will leap into the miracle of the Asian Tigers- and lessons therein for … Read more
INTRODUCTION Error is becoming a norm in Nigeria. It has become our tradition. We have become a country of oddities; a country of one error per minute! We have become unshockable. Sadly, we spend the bulk of our time discussing inanities that ordinarily should not be heard in any serious forum. When some of us … Read more
AMID the current economic hardship, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mike Ozekhome, has warned that the naira may exchange for N4000 against the United States, US, dollar before the end of 2024. Ozekhome explained that there was nothing on ground to show that the naira will improve against the dollar. He disclosed this while … Read more
NIGERIA NATION, THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (Part 1) THE PAST FROM LORD LUGARD TO BALEWA Nigeria as a nation became one in a visible entity in the year 1914 when Lord Fredrick Lugard amalgamated the Southern and Northern protectorates and Lagos colony. Ever since then, what is now known today as Nigeria steadily evolved. … Read more
INTRODUCTION The last instalment of this series started off with the spectacular failure of former President Muhammadu Buhari, and moved on to lament about the disappearance of our societal values; continued with how Nigeria has borrowed her future, pays for darkness and concluded with the tragedy of the desertion and relocation of industries. This episode … Read more
INTRODUCTION In the last part of this treatise, we examined the weakness of transformational leadership after which we delved into transactional leadership and then moved on to the traits of good leadership. In today’s episode, we shall continue with our discourse on the traits of good leadership, attempt the question: “whither leadership in Nigeria?” and … Read more
INTRODUCTION WE commenced our discussion of this topic with a poser on Nigeria: An artificial creation. This is followed by the segment on ‘independence’. We then attempted a diagnosis of our situation, followed by the segment sub titled: “A funny country; misplaced priorities. Today, we shall start by reviewing the spectacular failure of Buhari, the … Read more
INTRODUCTION THE answer to this question “is this the Nigeria of our dreams”, is as obvious as it is disturbing. Sixty years after independence, it is to Nigeria’s eternal shame that she has failed woefully in applicable indices, on all fronts and applying all relevant criteria. From its position, at independence, when it was widely … Read more