Category: OP-ED

The ravaging calamity that befalls Nigeria as a country since the colonial era is the act of re-writing history. The Nigerian ruling elites have successfully rewritten Nigeria’s history by excluding themselves from the gory path of history and rebranding themselves as liberators. This unscrupulous act of rebranding criminals as statemen gets me infuriated. Ibrahim Babangida’s 80th birthday brought many fake… Read More

It is common knowledge that Mallam Nasir El Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State has been nursing presidential ambition for years. As he can no longer wait to become President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces in 2023 under the All Progressive Congress party Governor El Rufai has hijacked the powers exclusively vested in the President of the Federal Republic… Read More

In journalism proverb, Afghanistan is a convenient shelter, the writer’s fantasy island from topical issues at home. In the current deluge of news from that country, however, that proverb appears to have lost its meaning. There’s no need for escape to Afghanistan; the traffic is the other way, while Afghanistan’s mythical status is being supplanted by lies, damned lies.  One… Read More

In 2015 the present calamitous regime of Muhammadu Buhari sneaked into power hugely because of massive failure of political intelligence, reflection, and analysis. Put in another way, this six-year-old deadly regime was made flesh amongst us because of populist political miscalculation led by internal and external groups whose sole mantra was: “anything but Jonathan”. Yes, the massive and uncontrolled corruption… Read More

National affability has much to do with what we think of one another; how we talk to one another, and what we call one another. As nugatory as this may appear to be, the content of our dialogues and multilogue – caustic and vile – in our cocoons on social media and interactions with other Nigerians escalate recriminations, and deepen… Read More

There is no atom of doubt that Nigeria is a failed state. Hundreds of Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists have been receiving very special treatment from Buhari regime as “repentant terrorists,” despite the obvious fact that these terrorist groups have maimed, raped and killed thousands of people. They’ve forced married women to be widows, made children become orphans, evicted thousands… Read More

Hospital clowns are used to lessen pain of children and adolescents admitted to hospital with acute and chronic conditions.  Studies showed that children and adolescents who were in the presence of hospital clowns, either with or without a parent present, reported significantly less anxiety during a range of medical procedures, as well as improved psychological adjustment. Hospital clowns also reduced… Read More

One of the first things I picked up very early in this business of public affairs analysis is something senior colleagues referred to as Afghanistanism. If you were told a column, story or essay, you had submitted for publication reeked of Afghanistanism, it was clearly a subtle kind of condemnation. It meant dabbling into a remote subject that was not… Read More

Much has been and will continue to be written about the Taliban’s takeover of military and political power in what is now called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. It is an emerging story that has left the world aghast at its sheer incredulity and the implications for Afghans, its neighbours and the whole world.  For sub-saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria which… Read More

The 2023 presidential poll in Nigeria is still two years away but political permutations and tractations have commenced in earnest. The (mis)ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party are positioning themselves to retain power post-Buharism. Since President Buhari has failed to deliver on anything and change or transform Nigeria it would be very difficult for the APC to convince Nigerians to… Read More