Category: Leaders

One man can induce rippling change in a system. One man can stop illegal detention, arrests, and govern the impulse to clamp down on free speech and citizens’ rights. One man can rebuild relationships and cause harmony to exist among disparate peoples. That man is the president; if only he is willing. In Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, the young, charismatic prime… Read More

Great footage is the key to any good documentary. It is impossible to make historical films without it. Wole Soyinka’s article, “The Crimes of Buhari”, published before the 2015 presidential elections, is a gold mine of documentary footage of the sins of Buhari why he’s not a good president. The character analysis of Buhari in his days as head of… Read More

At the core of the Next Level Agenda that characterized the manifestoof President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term was the policy to lift 100million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years. The thrust of this isthe care of victims of the vast humanitarian crises that Nigeria hasbeen confronted with. It goes without saying that there’s no shortage of challenges ahead:For well… Read More

The flatulent size of the National Assembly accents the orthodoxies and paradoxes of Nigeria. Nigeria’s lawmakers are some of the highest paid in the world, in a country where about 100 million people live on less than one United States dollar per day, and where citizens are expected to be stoic and exist in deficit while their representatives in parliament… Read More

It is so interesting the way the BBC documentary on sex for marks in some African universities has turned many Nigerians into anti-sexual harassment campaigners of some sorts. Suddenly, almost everybody had something to say, either to condemn or commend those behind the “exposé”.It is important to clarify from the outset that sexual harassment either in school or anywhere is wrong and… Read More

In the United States, the Nigerian embassies in Atlanta and Washington DC have mysteriously run out of e-passport booklets. Thus, Nigerians coming home for 2019 Christmas are given appointment dates in March 2020 for e-passports in New York. This is technically telling thousands of Nigerians in the US that we love you but sorry, you are not going home for… Read More

The continued spate of degeneration in academic administration in the form of widespread infractions and impunities by management and governing councils in many universities across Nigeria is indeed disturbing and precarious for the country’s university system specifically, and societal progress in general. In many universities, the administrators (Vice Chancellors in particular) repeatedly ignore and violate statutory university laws and regulations… Read More

The recent harassment or detention of human rights activist, Dr. Chido Onumah, by state agents is not only a sign that Nigeria is drifting towards full-blown dictatorship, the incident also goes to expose the hypocrisy of Nigerian leaders. Onumah’s crime, according to the state agents, is that he was wearing a t-shirt with the inscription: “WE ARE ALL BIAFRANS”, being… Read More

I attended the birthday party of the matriarch of a Nigerian friend’s family in Edmonton a few weeks ago. It was mama’s 82nd birthday. Her children and grandchildren decided to give her a truly memorable birthday party. The invitation card was tastefully done and regular reminders meticulously delivered.  There was the ubiquitous “Adults only” warning on the card. That was… Read More

Mr Agba Jalingo, a journalist and human rights activist, is presently undergoing trial for criticising the administration of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. He was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos on August 22, 2019 and subsequently moved to Calabar where he was charged to court on September 25 on a four-count charge of… Read More