The ‘Nigeria-First’ Culture: Myth or Reality
Nigeria-First is a mindset. It is a frame of mind where you sleep and dream of your nation and get passionate to the point of being willing and ready to…
All Said, Why Should I Vote Out Buhari
As 2019 approaches, those who brought Nigeria to its knees, vandalized and wrecked it and left it for dead before 2015 are busy trying to weave a comeback mantra that…
We all must be involved
Sometime ago in 1985, some musicians heeded the call to a studio to record a song that became an epic. That song; “We are the world” went on to sell…
Omoyele Sowore: A Crucial and Mindful Message
You are merely not what people see outwardly but who you are inwardly with your mindfulness – Yahaya Balogun “Man is not what you think he is, he is what…
Towards a Sustainable Electoral Process in Nigeria
Elections and electioneering campaigns are becoming interesting in Nigeria these days with the unthinkable number of political parties struggling for visibility and prominence. The dynamics of a successful election are…
PDP And Its Many Self-Indicting ‘Looters Lists’
Since Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, released what he called a ‘teaser’ to the list of looters that vandalized and wrecked the country’s treasury especially during the immediate past PDP…
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode: The Black Sheep of the Yoruba Race
Femi Fani-Kayode was born into the family of the late political gladiator and renowned lawyer, Chief Remi Fani-Kayode. Chief Remi served in so many capacities being one of the political…
Before Buhari is sent back to Daura in 2019
When I saw the nauseating and uglified APC 2019 election posters of Musiliu Obanikoro, the former PDP Minister of State for Defense under the ineffectual and corrupt administration of Goodluck…
PDP and its Dubious Apology
So PDP apologized for ‘mistakes’ it made before it was swept to the dustbin three years ago. Its National Chairman, Uche Secondus organized a forum for its waning members in…
Unknown Soldier: The Inglorious Generals
The sting in the comments by erstwhile British Prime Minister, David Cameron, describing Nigeria as “fantastically corrupt” will linger for a long time. Perhaps what makes the animadversion more jarring…