Category: Leaders

Indigenes of Northern Cross River Senatorial District have urged the state’s House of Assembly not to allow a vacuum in leadership by ensuring the screening of Tanko Ashang as commissioner-nominee. The residents expressed concerns over the delay in the screening of Ashang, a lawyer, who is among three nominees named by Governor Ben Ayade recently. According to the people, any… Read More

The world does not listen to the good guys. The good guys are too gentle. Most good guys do not understand that the “kingdom of God” suffereth violence and that the violent taketh it by force. You see the bad guys? They have no time for peace talks. If there is going to be a peace talk, there must first… Read More

The current generation of Nigerians is obviously progressing in the path threaded by our parents and the generation before us. That path led us to where we are today – i.e., penury, high level of illiterate citizens, religiosity without integrity and humanity, the highest level of corruption, a lawless country, and a teaming population of docile, uneducated youths. Today in… Read More

Time and again, there are desperate calls not just by veterans but also by younger and discriminating practitioners about the compelling need to rescue journalism practice in Nigeria from obvious dereliction, continuous degenerative state of violation and steady slide into disrepute. If these calls are being heeded and efforts are indeed being made by stakeholders to arrest this worrying drift,… Read More

Nigeria’s Senate is one of fools, blockheads, Ignoramuses, and idiots. Yes, of course I know this description of Nigerian Senate by a Nigerian is offensive to some, maybe more than some people. Nonetheless, it is true. The Senate is made up of callous, indifferent, stupid fools, who keep silent in the face of tyranny while Nigerians are dying every day.… Read More

The SSS issued a statement on Wednesday claiming that those, who came forward to collect our clients – Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare (defendants), are not qualified and that it will only release Sowore to his sureties after verification of the sureties. This is the height of impunity and lawlessness and this is how full-blown dictatorship evolves over time. The… Read More

This is my experience with the Ethiopian Airlines. I have flown this airline twice now. I flew them in May 2019 from Prague, Czech Republic, to Lagos and back to Prague, and also in August. My first experience with them wasn’t a good one. Really horrible hostesses and poor service. But my second experience flying with them was the worst.… Read More

Barring any last minute delay, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, will hold its conference on witchcraft in a matter of days.  Tagged “Witchcraft: Meaning, factors and practices”, the conference, to be convened by the Prof B.I.C Ijomah Centre for Policy and Research Institute, is scheduled  to take place between November 26 and 27. A notice of the event indicates that… Read More

The Senate marshalled by Ahmad Lawan has been convincing in confirming the stereotypes and assumptions about the institution. In July, I wrote about Lawan’s obsequiousness and desperation to please President Buhari whom he described as his “close friend”. I say again, Lawan has been dutiful in his obligation of inking “rubber-stamp” on the Senate. Soon after he became Senate President,… Read More

In September 2019 I tweeted the following to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.   “Ambassador Ayo Oke, the former Director General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, took care of you. He paid your bills and protected you. He kept all your dirty little secrets. He gave you wise counsel and comforted you even when you shed tears and said you couldn’t… Read More