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Nigeria: In Search of A Leadership for the Common Good

By Tony Onyima, PhD. When the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria concluded its first plenary meeting of 2026 in Abuja recently, it did not issue a routine ecclesiastical statement. Its communiqué read like a sober diagnosis of the Nigerian condition. It
February 27, 2026
Satanic Leadership And Nigeria’s Boiling Point 

Satanic Leadership And Nigeria’s Boiling Point 

Our Excellency, I am inspired to write this open letter to you after reading the newspaper report about an interactive session you featured on Sunday, December 8, 2024, which was tagged ‘Boiling Point Arena’. The newspaper report quoted you to have said
December 16, 2024
Anti-Igbo Comment: Media Professionals Petition NBC, Seek Sanction Of Reuben Abati, Arise TV

Reuben Abati: When Journalists Become Agents Of Ethnic Division

Ethnic sentiments in Nigerian journalism have exacerbated national divisions, amplifying stereotypes and fuelling mistrust among ethnic groups. The recent petition to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) by a coalition of South East media professionals against Dr Reuben Abati of (and) Arise TV
December 15, 2024
Symbol of law and justice

Dele Farotimi: Saving The Law In Nigeria

I have not read Dele Farotimi’s book that seems to have stirred the hornet’s nest. Nor am I likely to read it soon. And this has nothing to do with how I feel about Dele or the subject he explored. With the
December 14, 2024
Understanding What Tax Reform Bills Means for Nigerians- Experts

Tax Reform Bill: The Problem Is Poor Communication Strategy

A major policy of the Tinubu administration designed to overhaul the nation’s inefficient tax codes and enhance fiscal performance of the government has run into unexpected opposition from key members of the President’s party and important stakeholders. I’m convinced that the reason
December 5, 2024
Nigerian Leaders And Their Advisers

Changing Nigeria’s Reality

Nigeria’s paradox is that it is as simple as it is complex.  In Nigeria, both the simple and complex are fungible. Primarily, Nigerians make simple and straightforward issues unnecessarily complex. Bad leadership, in turn, compounds already complex issues. The sum total of
December 1, 2024
Reuben Abati

Reuben Abati And the Single Story Of Igbo Lands

The Arise TV Presenter and a former presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, has received knocks over the week for his anti-Igbo comments while on-air. According to him, Igbos do not sell land to non-Igbos in the South-east. He said this during The Morning
November 29, 2024
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