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Ahmadu Bello In my secondary school days one of the Legends in my History Lessons was the Bayajidda Legend. I found the Legend most interesting and intriguing too. There is this saying that it is important for one to know where he is coming from if he does not know where he is heading to. In Nigeria today,

Rotimi Akeredolu Governor Ondo State  I was privileged to watch a documentary yesterday on Ondo State and their Industrial strides. I was impressed. The question is whose duty is it to Industrialize Nigeria? Late Sam Mbakwe, the weeping Governor once called Britain to come and recolonize us. Many will find this difficult to believe but believe you me, Sam Mbakwe still ranks high if not highest among the past governors of IMO State. Personally, I do not share that sentiment.

Late Umaru Dikko The second day after PMB took power in December 1983, he released a list of wanted politicians. Late Umaru Dikko, who had led Shagari's campaign for President, Minister of transport and Chairman Presidential Task force on Rice was top on the list. Umaru Dikko sensing danger

No thanks to the present Nigerian government, Nigeria has gone back to

                    Innocent Chukwuma  Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa. Time there was when Nigeria's foreign policy was Afrocentric. An adage says that a man's neighbour is his brother. The rest of Africa looks up to Nigeria and it will do us a lot of good when we are taking domestic decisions to be mindful of this fact. Innoson Vehicle Manufacturers is a

To think that I ought to know Charles Chukwuma Soludo more than I do is

Yorubas have a saying that an ingrate is like a robber. PMB unrepentantly,

IBB AND OBJ                                           The IBB years in Nigeria are better forgotten for what they were. Power is indeed transient and the sooner men of Power realize this, the better for humanity. Buhari and his man Friday, Idiagbon, indeed held Nigeria by the jugular, just like today, Nigeria is bleeding and PMB is not connecting with the people. When Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, appeared on the scene,

 Chinua Achebe is no more alive, but

  It is common to talk about Tax Payers'

This Blog is about, Nigeria. The question today, is who owns, NIGERIA? Nigeria has three major ethnic groups that can lay claim to Nigeria. One may ask if this question is

Shekau's Boko Haram is fighting the Nigerian State. Sunday Igboho is

Nigerians work hard but the goalpost keeps shifting. For an import dependent economy like ours, depreciation in the value of our

Nigeria is the giant of Africa, but where is our Nelson Mandela? Nigerians are all over the world making waves but when will Nigerians fix Nigeria? To think that Britain colonized both India and Nigeria and yet, Nigeria is nowhere near India in terms of Mahatma Gandhi

                  Donald J Trump Strange things are happening and stranger things are about to happen. I

  While Jeff Bezos is going to space on a commercial ride, where are we

 The French man, Lord Montesquieu who gave the world, the theory of separation of powers must be reeling with laughter in his grave for what Nigeria is practicing today under separation of powers. In Montesquieu's theory, the Executive,

On this occasion of Eid El Kabir, I seize this opportunity to ask of you, your

Paper Aku: Governor Benue State 1979 - 1983 Ultimately, man is innately selfish. In Benue State, in 1979 in the Benue State House of Assembly emerged a young man from Oturkpo. His name was Audu Innocent Ogbeh. The man to the Governor, Aper Aku was anything but innocent. He was

Usman Dan Fodio The above quote is courtesy of the governorship candidate of the Unity Party of Nigeria in Sokoto State in the 1983 Elections in Nigeria. To sympathize with his position look no further than the Jihad of Usman Dan Fodio. Usman Dan Fodio was a Gobir man. Looking at the