This is not the best of times for Nigeria. Statistics emanating on a daily basis indicate a country that is in crisis. An oil-rich country where life is so cheap. That appears to be the best description of Nigeria.

Nigeria earns so much money from oil. Her political leaders continue to fantasise about getting the country into the group of 20 largest economies in the world in the year 2020. In their plans to achieve This tar ... Read More

It was a sweepstakes for the Ransome-Kuti clan as iconic musician, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, his elder brother, Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti and eminent cousin Professor Wole Soyinka were selected for The Nigerian Hall of Fame for Letters and The Nigerian Hall of Fame for Science.

Africa’s foremost novelist, Professor Chinua Achebe, master potter, Ladi Kwali and Professor Gordian Ezekwe of the Biafran Ogbunigwe fame, are also among the 28 eminent Nigeri ... Read More

Two statements made in the last 48 hours concerning the 2011 elections have set me thinking. One was the statement by President Goodluck Jonathan during the swearing-in of two new national commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President Jonathan while sending a strong signal that the electoral body would be given free hands to conduct the next general elections said: “ We have given you the free will to do that (conduct free and fair poll) ... Read More

“In Mexico, an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn’t work very well.” This quote by British historian Len Deighton, always leaves me laughing every time I see it. A lot of Nigerians can definitely relate to that quote, both on the part of the politicians and of course with the heat and humidity, on the part of noisy air conditioners too.
But I do not think that quote is enough to describe Nigeria ... Read More

Good governance has been identified by analysts as the key ingredient to development and economic growth in Nigeria. It has also been linked to the realisation of the global Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the country, to help deliver the gains of democracy to the watchful citizenry. Six months into the landmark year 2010, Abimbola Akosile examines the vital tool from various perspectives, with a focus on improvement for the collective good