Fayemi: Second Coming of a Long Distance Runner
When he was farcically rigged out as Governor of Ekiti State four years ago, the perpetrators of that dastardly electoral gangsterism thought that Dr. Kayode Fayemi was finished in Nigerian…
Reactions trail Gov. Wike’s “Why the Riverine cannot get a University”
Recently, Governor Nyesom Wike gave reason Rivers Ijaw cannot get a University. The governor, while speaking to the people of Ekpeye Ethnic nationality who paid him a solidarity visit at…
Buhari’s June 12 Fulfilment and Confab 2014 Promise
Better late than never is what many Nigerians are saying today. The news of the Presidential honour for Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the Freest, Fairest…
On June 12 as Democracy Day
The formal recognition of “June 12” as the new date for the celebration (I prefer marking) of “Democracy Day” in Nigeria, and the bestowment of the country’s highest national honour,…
June 12: And the Daniel finally comes to Judgment
And from nowhere, June 12 that has assumed the form of abiku, shot up last week to victory in quite an unexpected form when President Muhammadu Buhari issued a presidential…
The Ghost of June 12
“The evil that men do live after them” – William Shakespeare With Obasanjo and Babangida as friends you don’t need enemies for Nigeria. These twosome (individualists) are the ghouls and…
What Best Option for Nigeria: Restructure, Recycle, Revolution or Elections?
The wisdom to discern between what is right and proper and what is ill-timed is important to us as a nation at this time in our development. I was inspired…
After Not-Too-Young-To-Rule Law, What Next?
From the ecstasy that followed the initiation, legislation, passage and presidential signing of the Not-Too-young-To- Run bill into law, it is as if Nigerian youths have been handed a life-extending…
Gov. Fayose’s Misplaced Priority and Nothingness
The best way to be a popular politician in Nigeria is not to have a sense of shame. We must earnestly (de)normalize this wrong belief to bring Nigeria to sanity.…
The Ubiquity of Corruption and the Blame Game in Nigeria
“Corruption comes from low self-esteem, poor self-concept, low self-worth, fear of scarcity, and high manifestation of insecurity”. – Myles Monroe “Blame is like the lightning; it hits the highest”. –…