Category: OP-ED

Adeola Soetan was a staff of the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Abeokuta when some young student leaders from the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife visited the station. Cladded in black, they came in connection with the annual commemoration of the June 7, 1981 massacre of six students in Ife by the police. The students looked so young, yet articulate and… Read More

The Butcher of Aso Rock General Muhammadu Buhari sees himself as more than just a brutal tyrant. He considers himself as a deity So, let’s pray to him: General Buhari thy will be done in Nigeria as it is done in terrorists’ countries. Give us this day Fulani Republic. Forgive not the trespasses of those anti-patriots who daily attack you… Read More

Nigeria is a crime scene where the self-styled Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces has been defeated by terrorists. Obviously, one need not be told that Nigeria is a failed state. Nigeria’s security architecture has been hijacked, whilst the so-called “repentant terrorists” are given access to some classical information with the recruitment of terrorists into the Nigerian army. Imagine our topmost military… Read More

JEANINE Anez, 54, lawyer, journalist, politician and Bolivian mother of two, attempted suicide, Saturday, August 21, 2021. Anez, while in prison cut her lower arms. But doctors quickly came to the  rescue ensuring she lives, and hopefully, faces the charges of genocide against her.  She  attempted to take her life, a day after Bolivian  Attorney General, Juan Lanchipa, announced charges of… Read More

On lndependence day in 1960, Nigeria was hailed by both friends and foes as a country with a lot of promise; some even predicted that Nigeria, within a short period of 20 years, would join the comity of developed nations. With a young and vibrant population, the sky was her limit. However, after a short period of six years, cracks… Read More

The political fable and satire, Animal Farm, by the gifted writer George Orwell was published in 1945. It is an engaging read. I think it’s one of the most accessible works of literature, political science and philosophy.  For admirable  style and context, it is based on the events of Russia’s Bolshevik revolution and the betrayal of the cause by Josef… Read More

The culture of respecting political office holders regardless of their behaviors and acts in the office, has to be subverted. It must come to an end. The fact that someone is a President or a Governor, a Senator, Member of House of Representatives, a Minister or Commissioner should not automatically confer any form of respect whatsoever. Office holders at any… Read More

Chief Joseph Igbokwe is a Lagos-based businessman turned politician of fortune. He is a proud ‘Lagosian’ much like his mentor, the former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, whose ancestral origin is elsewhere other than the state of aquatic splendour. The mega city-state of Lagos is of course home to… Read More

Last week, while the eyes of the world were on Afghanistan, a fellow in one of Nigeria’s most tradition-bound states attempted the royal equivalent of a military coup. The leader of the Shua Arab in Edo, Idris Adanno, in a curious, latter-day rediscovery of his linguistic and cultural identity, arranged for his own coronation as the “Sultan” of the Shua… Read More