Category: OP-ED

The last 10 days have been very damaging for Nigeria’s already-battered international image. The spark was Obinwanne Okeke, once remembered for his listing by Forbes among the 100 Most Influential Young Africans 2018 but now an emblem of dirty wealth, following his arrest by the FBI over an $11m advanced Internet scam traced to him. This was followed by the… Read More

The Bible says, “knowledge is power”. It also says “know the truth andit will set you free”. This is made all the more important given the fact that history is nottaught in Nigerian schools. Let us join hands and walk down the beautiful path of knowledge,truth, and history together. Our focus and subject-matter for today isthe Fulani tribe of northern… Read More

By the unlawful Gestapo arrest, clandestine detention and politicallymotivated persecution of Omoyele Sowore, the Department of StateService, DSS, have shown that it is markedly subnormal in function,flawed in intelligence and rascal in behaviour. Nigeria is currently perplexed, bedevilled and overwhelmed by thelethality of marauding Fulani Herdsmen, widespread kingpin kidnappers,armed robbery and a regional terrorist organization – Boko Haram. Unfortunately for… Read More

I have been following Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency since 2015. Based on his extensive overseas trips from 2015 to 2018, I penned a piece “Buhari: The Absentee President” published by SaharaReporters on May 23, 2019. The article summarised in eloquent details, Buhari’s overseas junkets year by year, month by month, and date by date. I conclude that what emerges from his… Read More

In the heat of the lynching of Igbo citizens in Asia in 2013 over alleged criminality, I wrote an essay entitled, ‘The Igbo fallacy’. In it, I appealed to the Igbo to de-emphasise the culture of profligacy, decadent opulence and vanity, which fuels the pursuit of crime by their own. I also suggested the need for value re-orientation – a… Read More

A teacher’s comment on the report sheet of a pupil, which came to people’s attention via the social media last week, is a sad commentary on a nation that has consistently ignored the root cause of its problems. The teacher, under the remarks’ section, had simply noted, “she has passed away”, in obvious reference to the pupil being promoted to… Read More

It has been 20 weary days since Omoyele Sowore was taken into a hovel of silence by the Department of State Services. The outrage over his abduction and detention is tapering off; dissolving with every quotidian day. It is human nature to quickly glide past shock, happenstance or pain after sometime but in Sowore’s case, we must bring this weakness… Read More

My constant assertion that Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade isa threat to free speech and a free press in Cross River state has beenchallenged by some of his aides who also want me to prove my allegationwith facts. The thing about this administration is that, in the same mannerthey make and forget promises so quickly, they also forget… Read More

The naked beating of Senator Ike Ekweremadu in Germany evokes painful lessons, particularly with Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and, of course, the continued detention of the frontline anti-corruptionadvocate and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore. First, the sympathy generated from the Ekweremadu beating has to do with the fact that the specious victim is a prominent… Read More

Most statutes, particularly one that circumscribe the liberty and fundamental rights of individuals, have to go through the crucible of judicial furnace. Our law reports are replete with various decisions, dating back to the 60s, where the judiciary rose to the occasion to protect the liberty of citizens, particularly under the rampaging military dictatorships and Nigeria’s human rights jurisprudence has… Read More