President Muhammadu Buhari as a “kind bully” (apology to Femi Adesina) has bared his dictatorial fangs recently by banning or suspending  indefinitely the operations of the popular global microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. Nigeria, contrary to what Adesina, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, believes, does not need the combination of General Buhari and President… Read More

The Nigerian government’s recent announcement of the suspension of access to Twitter in the country on the claim of protecting the latter’s ‘corporate existence’ is nothing but an attack on commonsense and hardworking Nigerians. If the Muhammadu Buhari regime thinks this is in any way a punishment for Twitter, in response to the media company’s censorship of the President’s tweets… Read More

Personally, I’m one of those rare species who do not particularly use Twitter because I’m more of an ‘epistles’ guy. But this Nigerian Twitter suspension reminds me of the story of the bros that was being accused of stealing village goats caught in the public square doing a foxtrot with two small goats while vehemently denying he is a goat… Read More

Today the Nigerian Government through the Information Minister, Mr Lai Mohammed, suspended indefinitely, operations of the Micro-blogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. It was a retaliatory action against Twitter for humiliating President Buhari based on his incendiary statement against protesting Nigerians. Well, I am not surprised that the Federal Government has suspended twitter operations in Nigeria. Are you?… Read More

There was an awkward clip of President Muhammed Buhari receiving Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State in audience at the Presidential Villa recently for a meeting whose agenda remain as vague as the administration they both represent. After what seemed like a close door meeting between the duo, the boastful Governor appeared on TV from one recluse corner of the… Read More

Only a few hours ago, today Friday May 14, 2021 House Republicans chose a cheerleader for former President Donald J. Trump, Rep. Elise Stefanik (of New York), to replace the truly conservative Liz Cheney (of Wyoming). “It’s official- Liz Cheney has been fired from House Leadership and I was proud to vote against her,” Rep. Lance Gooden (Republican from Texas),… Read More

Nigeria has been struggling with insecurity for over a decade. Against reasonable expectations six years ago when President Muhammadu Buhari was voted in, things have worsened.  Compared with a number of other hotspots around the world in December 2020, however, Nigeria was not even among the three riskiest places.  According to global medical and security specialists, International SOS, Libya, Syria… Read More