Category: Leaders

Two women in the last six days have walked out of jail, unrepentant, heads held high, dignity in place, unperturbed and symbolising the hopes and aspirations of their peoples. One of them, Khalida Jarrar, 58-year-old Palestinian law maker, released after two years in Israeli prison, has been in jail at least four times, and  knows that if she does not… Read More

After 61 years of a fruitless journey that has generously birthed sorrows and tears, Nigerians are still celebrating poverty, injustice, insecurity, unemployment, corruption, kidnapping, nepotism, intimidation, harassment and abuse of human rights. Crimes abounds in a society where there is no justice, it become a temple that honours criminality with other social vices. A society where there is injustice breeds… Read More

This is a sequel to my open letter to Pastor RUGA Osinbajo published on Monday. Great leaders have visions. You can’t be a real leader who people want to follow without vision. Vision is the essential leadership ingredient. Vision is a clear, inspiring, practical, and attractive picture of a country’s future.  Apart from Chief Obafemi Awolowo, The Great Awo, no… Read More

The Nigerian Communication Satellite Ltd, (NIGCOMSAT), the commercial arm of Nigeria’s space agency, shocked some Nigerians when it recently announced that it was targeting 2025 for the acquisition of two satellites, to boost its global profile as a satellite operator. Its Director and Chief Executive Officer, Abimbola Alale, had told stakeholders at a forum in Lagos that the agency would… Read More

This is the time of year when we moan about everything wrong with Nigeria. Quite often, we do so not necessarily from a place of spite but out of frustration and hopelessness. It’s true that the life of a nation is not necessarily measured in biological age. But most might agree that if potential, that hackneyed word so often ascribed… Read More

“Waiting for an incompetent government to fix things is much like waiting for Godot.”— C.A.A. Savastano.  The Cambridge Dictionary defines incompetence as: “lack of ability to do something successfully or as it should be done”. I am a lover of this dictionary. I prefer it to Oxford and Longman dictionaries among others; however, for the first time, I would have… Read More

As Nigeria celebrates its national day, we celebrate our enduring bilateral partnership with the continent’s regional, political, and economic powerhouse.  We appreciate Nigeria’s leadership in the region, standing up for the integrity of democratic nations in West Africa. Nigeria was among the first to condemn the recent coup in Guinea, regularly recognizes the need for presidential term limits, and supports… Read More

Dear Pastor RUGA Osinbajo: Greetings! I write to you in connection with your address to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on its 45th anniversary titled “Nigeria At 61: The Vision Undefeated.” I am not going to dwell on your address because at 61, the vision of Nigeria has not only been defeated, it has been erased completely.  You speak… Read More

The signs are already there that the word “Biafra” is likely to take Igbo Nation to a desolate place, if not set aside. As revealed in Parts 1 and 2 of this series, the word “Biafra” does not meet International Law (see Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States) and United Nations (UNDRIP) criteria for getting self-determination. Therefore those who call themselves “Biafra agitators” whether they aresadly, the victims of deception,… Read More

The act of extraordinary rendition by the State has led to the dramatic development of a fairly large body of jurisprudence in many nations. Both in civil and common law countries, the juridical reactions to extraordinary rendition is pretty much the same. The decided cases point to a vested and predictable universal rule on extraordinary rendition that should guide any… Read More