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The title of this piece is not a question. It is an attempt to push the boundaries by which we have messed things up so badly, with the hope that perhaps, they might give us an inkling into better ways to start the odious task of rebuilding before total disintegration.

Addressing the traditional rulers, Osinbajo said: “You are, by virtue of your vast knowledge, wisdom and experience, both a vital link with our past, and an important guarantee for the success of our future.

Under President Olusegun Obasanjo, the major economy related ministries and departments were given to the Igbos. And that included the Central Bank of Nigeria. All the appointments were on merit. But they could have gone elsewhere.

Momoh was one of those who I consulted as I made that decision to run for elective office. His advice was consistent and his support for some of us was encouraging as we made that crucial decision to also get involved in the corridors of power.

All these state governors who do not understand that the essence of government is to positively impact the citizens are talking about 2019 when they have failed to use the opportunity they have today.

Pax Americana is truly on a downward slope, thanks to Donald Trump. Respect is earned and so far Trump has only advocated hard (military) power, with no time for soft power.

Since creation the callous exploitation of man by those who own the means of production has continued in various forms and degrees. In the same vein, the struggle for the emancipation of the workers has continued unceasingly...

We open with one of Aesop’s many insightful fables which epigrammatically depicts our collective dilemma. A cowherd who was pasturing a herd of cattle lost a calf. He looked everywhere for it in the vicinity but could not find it.

“From today, the 6th of June, 2017, when this proclamation is signed, the North, a critical player in the Nigerian project, hereby declares that it will no longer be disposed to coexisting with the Igbo...

Olapade Ojo-Odide has been missing since April 24, 2017. Ojo-Odide was driving alone in his car on Elele Road, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, when he was accosted by some hoodlums along the way.

Lest we forget, once upon a time, precisely on August 13, 1947, a group of Nigerian patriots was at the London Office of the British Colonial Secretary, Arthur Creech-Jones to demand for the country’s political independence.

According to an article dated November 19, 2016, on Bloomberg, Nigerian population now stands at 182 million with more than half of its people less than 30 years of age, and the International Monetary Fund ....