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It has become a pastime for me to write about political parties and movements since I submitted my first degree dissertation, Political Parties and Democratization: The Effects of Party Politics on Nigeria’s Democratic Experience (2003-2011) at the Department of...

A nation where mob action seems to be the only alternative to justice, the innocent will continue to cry for same justice. Mob action is increasingly becoming a reoccurring decimal in Nigeria. From the rampaging Fulani herdsmen and retaliatory attacks...

In an attempt  to raise much needed funds, the Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has come up with the most ludicrous suggestions of all time : she plans to tax even beggars on their 'earnings'. She made this perfectly clear...

WHY NIGERIA SHOULD OPPOSE MOROCCO FROM JOINING THE ECOWAS The treaty establishing the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was signed in Lagos on 28 May 1975, after several years of painstaking efforts by General Yakubu Gowon, the then...

Nigerians love mantras - statements or slogans repeated frequently enough that they begin to sound like established facts or self-evident truths. Recently in this column (on June 22 2017), I interrogated the mantra of ‘generation shift’, which was renewed...

“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.” - Martha Graham The title of this piece sounds profoundly hurtful, but that is the reality of our times.  Fire outbreaks have been on the rise in Nigeria in recent times...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says he might have to settle for only one more signing because of the "difficult" transfer window. He suggested clubs were demanding inflated prices for players. "We are not a club that is ready to pay...

Manchester City and Chelsea are vying for the £26m signing of Real Madrid's Brazilian right-back Danilo. City manager Pep Guardiola sees Danilo as someone who can play both full-back positions and in midfield, while Chelsea counterpart Antonio Conte wants to...

Chelsea fans will be "punching the air" after the club agreed a deal to sign Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata, says former Blues winger Pat Nevin. Morata, 24, will discuss personal terms and have a medical after Real accepted an...

Three Kenyan men who stripped and attacked a woman in a bus have been sentenced to death by a magistrate in the capital, Nairobi. The death sentence was imposed after the three were convicted of robbery with violence. A further 25-year...