Category: OP-ED

Shocking seems to be the eulogy of unbelievable tributes that greeted the exit of the man Abba Kyari. One of which is the confirmation of President Muhammadu Buhari on the role of Abba Kyari in his Government whom he simply described as, “the best of us”. With this, the President laid to rest every insinuation regarding who was in charge… Read More

“Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements to be announced soon.” With this announcement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian social media space was set on a blaze of conflicting reactions.  As condolence pour in from notable people, especially… Read More

I have long wondered how much longer it would take for the pretense to modernity and infrastructural development that we claim as a nation to be unraveled, I believe we’re on the threshold of discovering just how inadequate and unprepared we are as a nation to deal with a threat as existential as the one posed by the coronavirus pandemic.… Read More

As the world battles the deadly COVID-19 virus, countries across sub-Saharan Africa have taken a number of measures aimed at stopping the spread of the virus in their territories. However, while efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic are a stark reminder that the right to life is important and must be protected, a new report by Amnesty International on the… Read More

Aso Villa, Nigeria’s seat of presidential power is bereaved. On Friday, April 17, 2020, it recorded its first major casualty of the Corona Virus disease, in the person of the President’s Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari. With Kyari’s death, Corona Virus has claimed its third high profile victim in Nigeria. Before Kyari was the former Managing Director of the… Read More

There have been some fascinating videos on social media showing the response of Nigerians to the Covid-19 outbreak, the lockdown in several states and reaction to governmental action and palliatives. Hunger is a worker of anti-miracles. One of the videos showed food being distributed to people in what seemed like a private initiative. Some of the recipients complained about what they received.… Read More

As the Coronavirus lockdown bites harder across the globe and the nation in particular, another burden has been placed on the people in the course of enforcing the restriction order. No doubt, the confinement is crucial at this moment in the life of the country as the deadly virus infects and kills with ease. Therefore, the more people are made… Read More

Earlier today, I was not surprised reading once again another bashing of Ndị Igbo on Femi Fani-Kayode’s Facebook page. I am not surprised because I have seen and lamented this earlier, but got the bashing of my life from people who after reading insults against their tribe, would rather choose to praise the insulter. Femi Fani-Kayode is an intelligent man,… Read More

On the death of Abba i have read a lot. I thought i wont make more comments but what i am seeing is nauseating.  On social media in the last few years i read a lot about people taking Abba Kyari to the cleaners, during the MTN brouhaha, the Aisha wahala, the Onnoghen imbroglio, the NSA granstanding, The nepotic apppontment… Read More

The rising sun suddenly set without giving out a sign, the moon refused to show up throughout the night. The sky is dark and heavily pregnant. The cloud roars up the whirlwind, striking with a sign of thunderstorm, the pregnant cloud seems ready to give birth. Browbeating and harassment are the tools used by the oppressors to oppress people. Also,… Read More