Category: OP-ED

As Uganda’s much loved and respected President-Elect, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (aka Bobi Wine) took the stand to deliver his speech “How To Topple A Dictator” on Wednesday at the Geneva Summit in Switzerland, the Ugandan genocide raged on in the Karamoja region of North East Uganda, as countless people lay slaughtered, beheaded, dismembered or shot, as what remained of their… Read More

“You may remember I got criticized for calling Putin a war criminal. Well, the truth of the matter, you saw what happened in Bucha … he is a war criminal.” Those heavy words came from U.S President Joe Biden on Monday  April 4, 2022, against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden called for the collation of materials: “We have to gather… Read More

On March 26 at the Eagle Square, Abuja, the All Progressives Congress (APC) reinvented a version of consensus politics that ancient Rome and Greece would have been proud of.After years of in-fighting and decay, and fearing that the opposition might rebound, the ruling party finally called its overdue convention. It rounded up aspirants who were jostling for its executive positions… Read More

“We have a lot of insecurity in Nigeria. By road we are not safe. By train we are not safe”.          (From a survivor of the Abuja-Kaduna Train bomb; Mon., March 28, 2022) Too many ills do a nation kill        Ills just as many as the corpses That clutter every gutter      Of our callously mis-governed country   The roads are slaughter… Read More

After years of misrule, maladministration, nepotism, corruption, oppression and cruelty, Nigeria’s future will be decided by the way its government chooses to treat the issue of many diverse ethnic groups living within its borders, including that of trust deficit and the 2023 general elections. Despite being home to somewhere between 250 and 400 ethnic groups, Nigeria is primarily made up of… Read More

Though “elected” as democratic president, General Muhammadu Buhari is a dictator defined. He employs force and fraud to gain despotic power. He maintains his tyrannical rule through the use of intimidation, terror, and the suppression of basic civil liberties. He relies on techniques of mass propaganda in order to sustain his public support. Under Buhari, Nigeria has moved from a… Read More

The House of Representatives is considering a Bill to prohibit and criminalize cross dressing in Nigeria. It’s astonishing that our legislators are majoring in frivolity and dissipating legislative time on the mundane. It’s neither necessary nor expedient. I’m flummoxed by the silliness and incongruity of this Bill. It is indeed distasteful, that at a time when the country’s existence is… Read More

In the first part of this piece, I dwelt on the philosophy behind the introduction of section 84 (12) in the new Electoral Act 2022, which said section stipulates that no political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination… Read More

Traditionally, heated oils are used in frying foods. They vary from vegetable oil, palm oil, olive oil, sunflower to chicken oil and could be used in preparing fried foods and cooked meals. However, there are safe and unsafe frying methods that largely contribute to the well-being of humans. Staple Nigerian foods like chin-chin, yam, potatoes, chicken, plantain, cakes, etc., poses… Read More

The digital Imam, Sheikh Muhammad Nura Khalid, reminded me of the three Hebrew boys; Shedrack, Meshach and Abednego. In chapter three of the Book of Daniel, we are introduced to three young men: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who held on to their belief in God even when threatened with a fiery death. The trio refused to bow down to King… Read More