Category: Leaders

There are two different issues that have just cropped up in the public domain and have constituted the discussion points for most commentators observing the trajectories of the counter terror war being waged by the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I must say that everyone who is somebody in the world of scholarship is involved in the… Read More

NIGERIA as a self-deceiving nation is rolling out drums and sombers today on the auspices of President Muhammadu Buhari to celebrate itself in the midst of self-afflicted catastrophic tragedy and endless woes. The pietistic delusion of throwing spit into the air and collecting it with the face is a symbol of a caged people and a traumatised nation whose wayward… Read More

Nigeria is dead! Let those words sink in. Two hundred million people are without regular and steady power. No treated water. No roads. Hunger is prevalent. Food is expensive. Salaries are not being paid as at due or not paid at all. Ritual killings for money, unemployment, poverty, delayed and denied justice, corruption, kidnapping, abduction, armed robbery, failed education system, failed… Read More

In August 2018, one month after I ‘moved’ into a rented apartment, Ikeja Electric sent me a power consumption bill in excess of N22,000. This was daylight robbery; I knew there was no chance I’d consumed a quarter of that — because even though the house was mine, it also wasn’t. What Ikeja Electric didn’t know was that it was my decoy… Read More

Nigeria came into being as a result of the British amalgamation ofNorthern and Southern colonial territories in 1914. The amalgamationwas an act of colonial convenience for obvious reasons. The Britswanted one country stretching from the desert to the Atlantic Coast.Northern Nigeria couldn’t pay its way while southern Nigeria generatedmore than enough revenue for its administrative expenses. The amalgamation laid the… Read More

Our climate is changing. At the United Nations General Assembly that just concluded, there was a Climate Action Summit, which addressed the dire consequences of Climate Change. In the face of worsening climate crisis, world leaders from government, business, and civil society met to come up with new pathways and practical actions to shift global response into higher gear. They… Read More

The continued detention of Omoyele Sowore by the Nigerian Government and Department of State Services in brazen disregard for the extant order of the Federal High Court per Hon. Justice Taiwo Taiwo to release him forthwith is to say the least an embarrassment to every Nigerian across the world. This noxious descent to fascism is antithetical to all democratic norms.… Read More

You can accuse Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, of being “down-to-earth” considering his pint-size. You can also accuse him of intellectual exuberance but you cannot tack corruption to him. It will not stick. Over the years, the maelstrom of anger against Osinbajo has widened. The reason for this, perhaps, is the perception by some Nigerians that he is not standing up… Read More

I feel the need to begin with some clarifications on the title that has been constructed for this piece: “Revolutions that ‘fired’ young Leftists.” This need will be more than adequately met if a specific meaning can be attached to the word “revolution” as used in the article, and if the period under reference can be indicated – at least… Read More

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, dominated the media space on Monday as he enrolled his six-year-old son, Abubakar, in the state’s 62-year-old Capital School, Malali. Capital School is one of the legacies of the late Premier, Sir Ahmadu Bello. The governor was the first to break the news on the state government’s Twitterhandle @GovKaduna before one of his aides, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the… Read More