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Restructuring Nigeria: Matters arising

It was the Jamaican Reggae musician Jimmy Cliff who sang in one of his evergreen hits that “You can’t be wrong and get it right, no matter

A valentine letter to Mr President

Dear General,  I have been thinking about you since you have been gone. Daily. I have been talking to people who know people who know you. Almost

Nigeria in ‘auxillary drive’ mode

There is a story about a Kalabari chief whose grown up children were established with their individual families in their various homes, but no more bo

Nigeria: The growing business of private armies

For anybody who thinks that the now degraded Boko Haram menace is Nigeria’s most significant, present security challenge, this column reserves h

Niger Delta: Time for confidence building

The past week will go down in history as one that provided the new year with a blistering start which defined change for the world; whether for good o