In Nov. 2009, E. F. Arrundell, the Venezuelan Ambassador to Nigeria, had this advice for Nigerian leaders:. "In Venezuela, since 1999, we’ve never had a raise in fuel price. We only pay $1.02 to fill the tank. What I pay for with N12,000 here (Nigeria), in Venezuela I’ll pay N400. What is happening is simple. Our President (Hugo Chavez) decided one day to control the industry, because it belongs to the Venezuelans. If you don’t control the industry, your development will be in the hands of the foreigners........” Click here for detailed analysis

"World politics has several fundamental lessons to teach us about leadership. Here is one of them: leadership is parenthood. Parenthood entails the responsibilities of being a parent. Parents nurture, support, and encourage their children to be triumphant in life. Undeniably, parental support and encouragement pave the way to producing successful children. Likewise, leadership entails the responsibilities of a leader, nurturing, supporting and promoting his/her country. Indeed, true leaders produce great, dynamic societies, capable of producing successful citizenry".....Click here for detailed analysis

"The task before the new administration is a stupendous and onerous one. It would be foolhardy for anyone to under-estimate the challenges ahead. We must affirm that this government and this president deserve the trust and support of all people of goodwill. Tough and often painful choices will have to be made in the coming years. It might even be necessary to wield the stick rather than the carrot from time to time. Nigeria's gradual descent into nihilism does call for extraordinary measures. I agree that human rights are sacred, but I also believe that we cannot afford the luxury of hair-splitting legal-constitutional niceties while Rome is being reduced to ashes...."Click here for detailed analysis

"The thrust of this article remains that a history of weak legislatures, which has led to lack of checks and balances, is responsible for why Nigerian leaders have continued to engage in corrupt practices with little or no regard to the consequences of doing so. War against corruption is more attainable in countries with dynamic opposition culture, where the oversight functions of the legislature are readily promoted. Simply stated, corruption will remain unabated as long as an overwhelmingly majority is drawn from the ruling party..."click here for detailed analysis

"The irony of Nigeria (and perhaps that of other African nations) may well be that its envisioned, glorious future maybe made possible by the leadership of her sons and daughters living in their seemingly secure, peaceless paradise and futureless existence abroad today. For if there are any high-minded, clear-sighted Nigerians left, who possess high energy and strong resolve enough to declare one of these days: We cannot go on living like this, and back up the declaration with solid action, these are destined to be the ones. And it may take just one bold, firmly grounded Nigerian exile to ignite this long-awaited, all-important fight for the genuine transformation of that hapless African nation, this Nigeria. These may be the individuals who shall help their needlessly abused African giant find her soul...." Click here for detailed analysis

"African children have been repeatedly told lies, and the liars never, for one day, reflected upon the horrible consequences of their lies. They never realize that if a lie were told repeatedly, sooner or later some people would start believing it to be true. Just as a determined and concerted effort to tell a child that he is stupid is likely to get that child thinking and acting stupid, "educating" African children to develop low self-esteem and feel inferior has produced so many Africans who have, consciously or unconsciously, accepted that they are ordinary humans while nonAfricans are "ndi muo," "agbara," and "dan bature," divinely planted in "ilu oba." Click here for detailed analysis