Charles Sogbesan

I was completely numb on hearing the verdict against Chief Bode George. As I sit in my office working on another topic completely, I had to stop as I got a phone call from a compatriot as soon as the verdict was delivered...

If anything, we are all in agreement that there is no hope in this current arrangement anyhow. If we agree on that, then let’s conclude and exhaust these very arrangements with the selection of an Igbo in 2011...

One will question why so many custom officers die so young. Fast money that comes out of kick backs, illegal fees, illegal levies, ripping off the Nigerian government through understated taxes, outright stealing of government funds...It is as if the chaos called Nigeria is made in heaven for the men and women of the Nigerian Customs...

Wetin you carry is a metaphor. It is the shame of a continent. A nation of 155 million people. An unfulfilled promise. Totally inept, uninteresting, visionless, violent and lacking character. Equally depressing, because she will be 50 years old next year...

How will you explain the bribing of a plane inspector that was reported by some of these newspapers? How else will you explain purchases of “entry” level house of N50 million? Did you just say stolen funds?