The exposé of the massive acts of corruption, with impunity, in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is not new to those that have been following that cancerous plague in Nigeria. From the misappropriation and embezzlement of billions by state governments to the rotten sink-hole in Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC); from the Billions diverted by Dasuki and his gang… Read More

Conscience is not a native of any country; it is not white, black, yellow or brown. Conscience is human. It is a living entity that is beyond race. It is beyond religion — It is beyond sectarianism and it is domiciled in our souls. Without conscience, we are not a living soul but just passing shadow. Conscience is an open… Read More

My name is Ifemosu Michael Adewale and I am compelled to write this article on the One Million Dollar Question begging for answer; Who Sold Nigeria to the British for Eight Hundred and sixty five thousand Pounds? The above question appeared on Guardian Nigeria Newspaper in the year 2014, no one took the story serious, we all waved it away,… Read More

Apart from going to church every Sunday and surrendering to the Catholic church’s century-old worship rituals observed in Latin, my dad was hardly an overly religious man. I remember being in this one prayer session where everyone spoke in tongues except him. It couldn’t have been that bad if cynicism was not written all over his face. His eyes darted… Read More

Considering the current trends in the Nigerian political space; disrespect for rule of law, contempt for courts, dilapidated healthcare centers (with no syringe in the Aso Villa clinic), insecurity, hunger, poor housing scheme, poor educational funding, bad roads, poor electricity supply, degenerating infrastructure, systemic corruption and being the world capital for extreme, multidimensional poverty, I can only wonder the catastrophic… Read More

One of the things that Nigeria has come to be notorious for is the endemic corruption that pervades every sector in the country. These maladies are the reasons for the continued migration of a good number of the population to other climes. It is bad enough that the situation of things in the country is degenerating but worse that many… Read More

Prince Julius Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi who turns 80 this week, on Sunday August 2, was our guest on Arise TV flagship programme – The Morning Show – yesterday, and although I had made some comments about this national icon in the course of that engagement, the format of a television interview does not really provide me enough scope for an extended… Read More