Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice..

Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world.

To feed our people we must first feed our soil.

There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated..

Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery..

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it..

Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria..

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today..

I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end..

Femi Fani Kayode is my boy. Provide him food, he will eat and then sing for you. He’s a smart boy.

School is not meant for the poor, only for the rich..

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country..

At the same time, African aims to intensify cooperation with China in the fields of trade, investment and agriculture..

What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepte….

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free..

Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power ….

North and south must also adopt measures to arrest the growing phenomenon of illegal capital flight and the repatriation of illicit wealth siphoned a….

We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil..

If you deceive me once shame on you because I have trusted you once and you have deceived me, if you deceive me twice shame on me because I have lear….

We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment..

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair..