Category: Leaders

I am constrained to pen this open letter owing to the cloud of silence exuding from your political party. Citizen Agba Jalingo was arrested in a gestapo fashion on August 22, 2019 on the instigation of Governor Benedict Ayade, over an article through which Jalingo opined that the governor approved and diverted the sum of N500m meant for a microfinance… Read More

Permit me to indulge in this end-of-the-year humbug. I have read some prophecies for the year 2020 by men who arrogate to themselves the title ‘’man of God’’.  Well, since I am not born of Satan, I believe I am a craft of that supreme intelligent being.  But let me say upfront, the ‘’spirit’’ which dwells in me is not… Read More

Shows were top on our Yuletide list and Burna Boy’s Christmas day performance was not originally part of it. However, my wife and daughters were keen. Majority rules in our house and I caved in. I made arrangements for six tickets, including one for my driver, who was just as ardent about the show. In the past, I normally would… Read More

Once a dictator, as a military Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari sought democratic power, preaching change; and we embraced him, believing that nothing could be worse than the regime of Goodluck Jonathan. But we are finding out the hard way: the obvious change the Nigerian people have seen since Buhari came back to power is a change to a “next… Read More

Journeying from Environmental Microbiology to a Master’s in Business Administration and settling onto the knowledge platform of Law, factually, Ben Ayade, a professor, former senator and current governor of Cross Rivers State, has done quite well for himself in this ‘fleeting’ life of impermanent stages and phases. However, when one farts where fragrance has just been diffused in the air,… Read More

Nigerians look around! Can you see the multitude of the poor amid the care and struggle of daily life? Can you see them in the jar of the noisy streets and amid the squalor where want hides? Can you see the wrong that produces inequality? Can you see poverty in the midst of abundance that tortures men with want or… Read More

I never thought President Muhammadu Buhari cared about posterity or how he would be evaluated when he leaves office because his actions now betray any reflection on the future. I also never thought he was a “philosopher president’’ who ponders and asks” “why’’; again, because his actions have been that of a sciolist. So, my perturbation here is provoked by… Read More

Person Of The Year 2019 Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq On a daily basis, almost every news outlet in Nigeria shows the image of one particular confident and mysterious woman or news of her ministry. The images shows a poised woman conservatively and religiously dressed in the traditional Hausa/Fulani attire, her gaze steady, her face soft and her demeanour determined. It… Read More

Democratic system of government vests supreme power in citizens. The people choose directly representatives to exercise that power. In return the people expect both the government officials and government to be responsive, responsible, and accountable.  The peoples’ representatives are charged with upholding the constitution and conducting the business of government for the benefit of all. The Attorney-General is the chief… Read More

In 2018, Omoyele Sowore said he got into politics to “disrupt” the Nigerian political landscape like he did the media landscape. Many people thought he was being quixotic and self-aggrandising when he said that.  But he is turning out to be accurate. Since 1999, no lone individual has disrupted Nigeria’s political space with as much consequence as he has done.… Read More