Category: Leaders

On Tuesday, Justice Taiwo Taiwo of Federal High Court in Abuja ruledthat the Department of State Services (DSS) should release OmoyeleSowore on bail. Sowore is still held in detention by the DSS. Mr. FemiFalana, attorney for Sowore has vowed that he and his team would notleave DSS facility until his client is released to him. In a democracy, it is… Read More

Nigeria’s social media space had trending on Monday, the news that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State enrolled his child in Capital School, Malali, Kaduna. A school established in 1952.  The move has been lauded as commendable in a country where the citizens are used to public schools and other facilities good enough for the masses as terrible as they… Read More

Vice President Yemi Osibanjo shouldn’t have had anything to do with President Muhammadu Buhari’s bankrupt and rapidly collapsing government, if he hasn’t committed class suicide.  A former advocate of a restructured Nigeria and its egalitarian statehood has severally been caught in the bid vassilating between its desirability. Any surprise that Prof Osinbajo has all along been advancing the course of… Read More

There are many things I wanted to write about from last week but I can’t otherwise I’ll end up in jail. Since the Department of State Services charged Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of SaharaReporters, to court for “insulting” President Muhammadu Buhari, among other allegations, the message from the presidency has been loud and clear enough: insult the President, go to jail. … Read More

After Omoyele Sowore has been detained for more than 47 days without bail and without trial, Nigeria’s newest Emperor, Muhammadu Buhari, has finally made up his mind to take Sowore to court tomorrow. With blasphemous boldness beyond belief, Buhari charged Sowore with crimes reserved for members of Taliban, Al-Qaeda, herdsmen, and Boko Haram terrorists. The seven-count charge includes treason, money… Read More

Mohamed Rachid Rida, a Syrian Arab reformator said, “To revolt on behalf of an ignorant people, is like to set yourself on fire in order to light the way for a blind man!” When Mohamed Karim, the Egyptian, who undertook to resist the assault of Alexandria launched by Napoleon, was arrested by the army and sentenced to death, Napoleon appealed… Read More

It is often said that when a dog is destined to perish, the hunter, who recalls it from such a path toils in vain. Since 2015, each day that passes under the present regime of President Muhammadu Buhari accentuates its unforced teetering on the brink of the dark abyss. We are often told that life is so stern that it… Read More

President Buhari shares paternity with Paul Biya of Cameroon in leadership style. Both men are joined by the umbilicus of repression and abrasion. In 2010, Bertrand Teyou, an author, was sentenced to two years imprisonment for insulting the wife of Biya, Chantal. The Cameroonian Government filed charges against him for this spectacular reason. Under Biya, Southern Cameroon has become the… Read More

On Saturday September 14, 2019, at approximately 5:52pm, I witnessed the miracle of Allah. There was a fire. It was ferocious and intense. It was unforgiving and determined. It ate up everything in its wake, as its scorching embers made their way through material and matter, melting even metal and desecrating all. Almost everything was lost. But despite the destruction,… Read More

Before I express my views, I would like to make it clear that I’m not writing this in support of Idris Okuneye widely known as Bobrisky, neither am I condemning him. However, I am expressing my disappointment at the National Youth Council of Nigeria and their decision to stage a protest against Bobrisky. A trending video of the group on… Read More