Category: OP-ED

How do you react to a preventable war in which just in Lagos alone – one of the 36 states in Nigeria- 700,000 human beings are annually taken prisoner, and worldwide, 229 million are taken prisoner with over 400,000 yearly sent to early graves? That is the situation with the ancient human war against malaria. Yet humanity has for over… Read More

There is war across the River Niger in the east, a war for Biafran nationhood. It is one hell of a war for the soul of Biafra, albeit an undeclared one. Daily the news emanating from the oriental part of Nigeria is frightening if not sickening. The so-called unknown gunmen are terrorizing state institutions and officials. Prisons are being ransacked… Read More

Everyone has their meal of the day, and mine happens to be dinner. Having dinner, for me, is a ritual, but one that has evolved over the years. Back in the day, I would not dare have dinner without first taking my bath. My mother said it was “unclean” to eat before brushing your teeth in the morning and taking… Read More

Humans are fond of doing stupid things. Stupidity is more accepting in individual’s life. But we must rebuff and rebel stupidity in a national leadership.  There are two sides of history- the right side and the stupid side. A president can choose to be on a right side or on a stupid side. There is a mad rush for some… Read More

The Caption of this piece is taken from George Orwell’s Master Piece ‘1984’ arguably one of the best books written in literature and his second most popular novel after the Evergreen ‘Animal Farm.’  The novel describes the agony of the proletariat in an unnamed Socialist State and how their every word is muscled. Freedom of Speech is alien there and… Read More

The Courts are still locked, for good cause. The rigmarole between the Federal and the State governments in respect of the current clamour for financial autonomy and independence for the judiciary, is totally unnecessary. But like in all other spheres of our national life, the ‘Nigerian Factor’ seems to be creeping into this noble struggle, gradually. No one is sure… Read More

“Every revolutionary may not be an angry man, but every angry man advances the revolution.”                          -Chairman Mao Tse Tung The feeling is very palpable. With average effort, if one had the intention, one could touch it. The stench of it is malodorous. It reeks. The effluvium flails like… Read More

“Omo, wetin dey shele. What’s gwan man?” “Helloooo. Are you okay?” “Yeah, yeah, my bro” “Can you speak English? I don’t get your drift. All these your what’s gwan, and yeah, yeah, I hope you have not gone to take your thing again. If you want to engage me in a conversation, then speak straight English and stop saying yeah,… Read More

Misuse, abuse, and gradual demise of Biafran able bodies is the Collateral damage emanating from the egoism of the south Eastern political, social, and civil leadership; and this seems to now be the order of the day.  How many youths have perished from the clash of egos currently ongoing in the South East? Perhaps you can tell me because I… Read More

The 1999 Constitution was written solely by two Fulanis: the gap-tooth despot Ibrahim Babangida and Abulsalami Abubakar. The 1999 Constitution serves as instrument of oppression and subjugation by which minority Fulanis whip into submission majority non-Fulani ethnic groups.  Some Nigerians who still believe in one Nigeria didn’t know the following salient facts about the 1999 Constitution: (1) The 1999 Constitution… Read More