A Nation Crippled by Democracy

05 Feb 2026

Nigeria is a nation crippled by its peculiar practice of democracy. Rather than uniting the country, democracy has inflamed religious and ethnic sentiments as politicians, desperate for votes, exploit identity for power. In the scramble for political advantage, religion and ethnicity became weapons, not values. The result has been a fragile state permanently on edge. […]

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Why Alleged Coup Plotters Should Be Tried in Civil Courts, Not Courts Martial

04 Feb 2026

Recent debates have erupted online over the reasoning of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana (SAN), regarding the trial of officers accused of plotting a coup against the government of President Bola Tinubu. Critics have questioned his assertion that such alleged offenders cannot be tried by a court martial under Nigeria’s constitutional democracy, citing the […]

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“Why Nigeria’s Projected Global GDP Growth Depends on the Dangote Refinery, Not Government Policy”

03 Feb 2026

Nigeria’s projected contribution to global GDP in the coming years has been the subject of much discussion, with some commentators attributing this growth to government policies. A closer look, however, suggests a very different reality. The truth is that the country’s projected rise on the global economic stage owes far more to the Dangote Refinery […]

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Your Money, Your Power: Why Lagos’ Tax Grab Threatens Nigerians’ Freedom

30 Jan 2026

The foundation of any thriving economy is not the government treasury — it’s the disposable income of the people. Yet, too often, governments forget this simple truth. Disposable income is what allows ordinary citizens to save, invest, and spend, creating a cycle of economic growth that benefits everyone. Without it, even the richest government treasury […]

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A State of Emergency Is Not a Presidential Blank Cheque

16 Jan 2026

A declaration of a state of emergency under Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution does not confer unlimited or inherent powers on the President. It merely permits the President to formally declare that extraordinary circumstances exist; it does not authorise extraordinary actions in the absence of legislation. Section 305 is an enabling, not a substantive, […]

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Knowing Where We Are Coming From: A Case Against Retreating to Biafra

13 Jan 2026

I have been told—derisively—that anyone who does not know where he is coming from cannot know where he is going. The implication is that my call for Igbos to shelve the Biafran project in favour of a pan-Nigerian struggle for good governance is shallow and ahistorical. I disagree, and history itself disagrees. Let us be […]

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JUDICIAL LEGITIMIZATION OF ELECTION FRAUD

20 Sep 2025

I have been singing this like a song for so long. Our judiciary needs to rethink the electoral justice that they deliver or else something is bound to give way someday. I hold the firm view that the judiciary is unfortunately de-legitimizing itself before the people with its recent decisions in a false belief in […]

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JONATHAN IS NOT QUALIFIED TO RUN IN 2025

17 Aug 2025

  In 2018, the Fourth Amendment to the 1999 Constitution was enacted into law with the introduction of section 137(3) which reads as follows: “A person who was sworn in to complete the term for which another person was elected as President shall not be elected to such office for more than a single term.” […]

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JUDICIAL FRAUD

27 Jun 2025

It is good that the Lagos State Government has come out to say that it will investigate the circumstances of the demolition of property that Peter Obi claims to have belonged to his brother’s company for over 15 years. It turned out that the land is in Ikeja GRA in Lagos, not FESTAC, like I […]

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