Thank God the President is back, praying that God will perfect His healing in Jesus name. Reading through the presidential broadcast however, one cannot but express a sense of utter disappointment. This is a president who virtually sneaked out of Nigeria, who breached his own self declaration of transparency, by keeping Nigerians in the dark for over 100 days, and in that process grinding the wheel of progress of the nation. Notwithstanding that the president took Nigerians for granted, he was not impeached, but rather Nigerians were offering prayers for his recovery, daily, only for him to return with a…

Ruling Nigeria from abroad did not start yesterday. Not with Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and certainly not with Muhammadu Buhari. The nation heaved a sigh of relief on Saturday as the president touched the soil of his nation of birth. Staying and governing from London was the manure with which the farmer who sowed the seed of Nigeria nurtured it. Lord Lugard resigned as governor of Northern Nigeria in December 1905 because he failed to arm-twist his employers to allow him administer his colony from London. And his reason was a mixture of romantic craziness and the need to stay alive.…

Dear Mr President, Welcome back! We are all relieved to see that you look better than the last time you returned. Nigerians believe God is working in your life and for a purpose. Of course, many of us may interpret that purpose differently, but I think we are all united in believing that whatever the purpose, it can only be good for you and our country. While we await your national broadcast, I urge you to think deeply about yourself as a human being, your feelings for our nation, your love for her people and your belief in its great…

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) commenced what it called a comprehensive, total and indefinite strike on Monday 14th August, 2017 to press home its demands that the government implements a series of agreements between both parties over the last few years. The strike action has led to paralysis across the nation's public universities, as reports suggest near-total compliance. Expectedly, the general public, especially parents and students, are agitated, given the possibility of a long shutdown and its attendant effects. Government on its part has made efforts to assure the public the strike would be short, as ministers of Labour…