The fact is that it was the reversals by the courts of some gubernatorial electoral ‘victories’ of the PDP in the South West that has provided the opportunity for this respected journalist to shift his focus to the person of the ‘Asiwaju’, ’Bola Tinubu of Lagos. I accept that he does not go as far as some to canonise him but has used a cleverer tactic of conflating and confusing the ends and means of progressive politics…
Those who draw their meal vouchers from the disastrous, blood-soaked project called Nigeria – among them politicians, pastors, imams, fuel marketers, enablers of fuel marketers, friends of fuel marketers, civil servants who gorge on pension funds, and “settled” ex-militants – often claim that Nigeria is marching toward greatness…
Today’s world has succeeded in producing great material comfort and an alarming spiritual decline at the same time. In spite of the degree of ostentation, instant gratification and luxury with which modern life is now associated, many people still live lives devoid of happiness and tranquility…
Using Jubril Aminu’s postulation, Boko Haram is an invented problem. It was never there but some people invented it and have allowed it to grow. While Rwanda, Angola, Mozambique have put their historical problems behind them, Nigeria is stuck with its cycle of violence waiting for 2015…
There is, arguably, no other way the current Administration in Nigeria could prove to many anxious Nigerians and members of the international world, that it really means business in tackling the endemic corruption seriously retarding the progress of the country than implementing the recommendations in the Fuel Subsidy Report…
Rashidi Yekini is dead. He died on Friday. Yekini was by all accounts a devout Muslim and was quickly buried the next day, in accordance with Muslim rites. Going by reports we have, the mode in which he was buried is however unacceptable. No need to mince words here, the burial given to Rashidi Yekini is unbefitting of the man and his country…
With the cacophony of voices emanating from the quarters of President Goodluck Jonathan’s government on the reports of the House of Representatives probe into the scam that was conveniently dubbed fuel subsidy, Nigerians are getting round to the reality that no tangible action would be taken against the crooks that benefitted from this huge scam…
The media in today’s highly digital world can help sharpen the focus of the world on pressing issues that humanity must band together to address. Thanks today to the revolution in information and communication technology, we have uninhibited access to information…
During the Babangida kleptocratic regime in the early 90’s the late Anini, an illiterate from then Bendel State, was terrorising the notorious state staging dare-devil robbery operations, sending letters in advance to his targets and sharing his loot with market-women and commoners on the street of Benin City!
Scoring the first goal for Nigeria at the World Cup wasn’t the only reason why Nigerian football lovers loved Rashidi Yekini. The football loving fans of that generation saw Rashidi Yekini as a sign of hope on the field of play. In other words, there was nothing to worry about as long as the dark complexioned man was on the pitch…
“Jonathan of all people” was what many Nigerians said after hearing that the Nigerian president’s name appeared on the highly revered TIME 100 list. This state of mind is quite expected considering the president’s inability to achieve feats that are basic and were successfully achieved by past presidents…