Category: Leaders

Soon after the Department of State Services secured a court order todetain the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, for 45days, his lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), vowed to challenge the orderand ensure that the activist regain his freedom soon. But 32 out of the 45 detention days are gone, Falana is stillstruggling to get a hearing date in court… Read More

How do you measure the virility of an administration; its potency to impregnate the economy, infrastructure and welfare of citizens?  Should it be in the first 100 days of its life; in two or four years? Well, I will measure in the little steps, in actions and in the agenda.   100 days may be too short to gauge the failure… Read More

There is an ongoing social media debate on whether being self-employedis more financially rewarding than being in paid employment. It all started with a tweet from @Ayo_Aroloye, The Ayo of Lagos,claiming that being in paid employment will not provide an employeewith the financial means to afford to buy a Benz car. “Your 9-5 won’t buy you that Benz. Put yourself… Read More

Criticism and confrontation come with the position of a president. Apresident should be aware of two truths: First, he’ll be criticized.Second, criticism always changes a president. How a president handlescriticisms can make or break his administration. A wise president handles criticisms by maintaining his humility and byfacing the criticism squarely. He should understand the differencebetween constructive and destructive criticism by… Read More

“I would appreciate them in helping us as well to address the belief our people have and the reality that there are many persons from Nigeria dealing in drugs in our country”- Dr. Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations. Is this the sort of thing that ought to be said by the South African government when… Read More

Outrage on the latest round of attacks against Nigerians in South Africa continues to grow. Evidence from comments of at least two senior members of the South African government and the reticence of President Cyril Ramaphosa suggest that the disdain for Nigerians runs deep. The disdain for Nigerians and other black African immigrants seems to have become part of the… Read More

I started calling President Muhammadu Buhari Dindinrin (dunce) when I came to the conclusion that he’s a colossal failure. I surnamed Buharists and others ‘Akindanidanis’ because of their continued support and defence of Buhari in spite of his glaring leadership failure. As expected, Buharidindinrins called for my head for having the audacity of calling Buhari Dindinrin. Interestingly, events after events… Read More

It is hard to not complain about this country these days. The killings of Nigerians both within and outside the nation’s shores are overwhelming. The economic outlook is getting dimmer by the day. The Bureau of Statistics has told us that Nigeria’s economy grew by mere 1.94 per cent in the second quarter of 2019.  In the midst of this gloom,… Read More

The black South Africans restarted their deadly xenophobic violence few days back against other black Africans living in their country and thereby completely distracted Nigerians from the all-important story of the height of professional misconduct involving a serving Army captain, who allegedly masterminded the killing of three police operatives to save a kidnapper in Taraba State. However, sandwiched between the… Read More