Faith is rarely the place to begin an argument, at least one between two mortals who want to build two smug Socratic premises and a conclusion.  Arguments are typically debated over records that are (or are assumed to be) without blemish or bias. But debates also ignore the adherent’s own personal reaffirming experiences that are unshared by the disputant. [...]

Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria’s Military Coup Culture (1966 – 1976). Max Siollun. Algora Publishing; 268 pages; £22.51. Buy from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com The story of Nigeria begins rather blandly with a colonial administrative decision to ‘unify’ over 250 ethnic groups. Forty-four years later, the amalgamated region became a self-governing state with a vague idea of nationhood. It should have been [...]

  Laws are hardly fascinating collections of words. They don’t make leisure reads. The Freedom of Information Act is different. It is a clearly written piece of legislation and I enjoyed reading it. It also holds an ‘against all odds’ badge in  our democratic history. We will always be grateful to the great minds that pushed for this bill. The [...]

In theory, Nigeria should not need the Supreme Court or any court at all. Even before Mahandas Gandhi extolled the ‘court of conscience’ over that of justice, the Holy Quran had endorsed the need to repel evil with good and urged its adherents to be quick to forgive. Christians are told to stay away from filing suits against other believers [...]

There are many reasons why dead people are ideal role models – the human memory is a little frail and forgiving, it is easier to revere and beatify those who will never fall from ‘grace’. This especially applies  when they leave just as we were about to place a halo on their heads. So, I’ll begin with Abraham Lincoln’s thoughts on [...]

Chief Olabode George did not ‘steal’ – at least, no one has proven that he has. Yet, social media is still warm from the fiery fumes of righteous anger burning from the Nigerian online community. We are convinced that the former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority was convicted for theft of public funds. We have then taken to Facebook [...]