‘‘A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within’’ – Will Durant “There is a fine line between free speech and hate speech. Free speech encourages debate whereas hate speech incites violence.” Newton Lee.…

Don’t you know They’re talking about a revolution It sounds like a whisper While they’re standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a…

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”  Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Mr. John Aboh, popularly called “Uncle John” by his younger friends like us,…

“Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.” – Kofi Annan “Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” – Aristotle Late Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi (1952-2012) was my friend and brother. We had had dinner in a Lagos restaurant…

“Politics is a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles; the conduct of public affairs for private advantage” – Ambrose Bierce As is usual in Nigeria, the word ‘interest’ has been bastardised but I will come back to…

Penultimate week, we had discussed the above issue which generated a lot of debate going by the number of mails I received from readers. While the debate continues, I will like to use this medium to deepen the discussion and…

“When I was growing up, my parents told me, ‘Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.’ I tell my daughters, ‘Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.’” Thomas Friedman The story…

This week marks the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the existence of the First Bank franchise in Nigeria. This stands the bank out as one of the earliest institutions established in West Africa, and obviously, one of the handful…

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.”– Charles Dickens, Great ExpectationsThere is always the mistaken belief by many that men don’t cry, or…

“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead” Aristotle (384-322BC).“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with college education” Mark Twain (1835-1910) We open the second…