Category: Leaders

1. Iya Onifufu is a 70-year-old, poor Nigerian living in a bed – less room with a leaking roof, hawking fufu from early in the morning, through the scorching sun to the evening to barely survive with her unemployed graduate children. According to Iya Onifufu, while she was hawking around, she saw and heard some protesters of ‘Revolution Now’ protesting… Read More

If we didn’t know better, we would have thought the subject of such effusive praise on his 78th birthday is a leader in the mould of the great Nelson Mandela. Abubakar Bello, Governor of Niger State, described him as “the legend of our time… not only an exceptional and exemplary leader but also as a peacemaker of international repute”. Ifeanyi… Read More

There is pain. There is anger. And there is collective rage in the land. Nigerians are empty of options and are seeking avenues for a purge; for catharsis. The season of retribution may be upon us sooner than we imagine. The physical abuse of former deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu at an Igbo forum by some young men in Germany,… Read More

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty… Thomas Jefferson In political science, a revolution (Latin: revolutio, “a turn around”) is a fundamental power and political organisation which occurs when the population reverts against the government, typically due to perceived oppression (political, social, economic) or political incompetence. In book (V) of the politics, the Ancient Greek Philosopher, Aristotle (384-322BC) described two… Read More

In the book, “The Last Arrow”, Edwin McManus tells a story of the Old Testament in 2 Kings 13:18 of King Jehoash’s encounter with the ailing prophet Elisha. The king was given a quiver of arrows and told to strike the ground. He did so three times and then stopped even though more arrows were left. Elisha chastised the king… Read More

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell Every year we gleefully engage in pranks during April Fools’ Day. There are many things a foolish president can do that will make him a fool all year round. Who is a foolish president? A foolish president cannot be trusted with… Read More

“This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half”- George Orwell (Animal Farm). National security means a lot to Nigeria but you wonder why when Nigeria has not been involved directly in any international Conflict situation. The glaring reason why Nigeria continues to spend so much on the defence… Read More

Before he was given the heave-ho, Okoi Obono-Obla, ex-chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the recovery of Public Property (SPIP), bagged notoriety as a ”serial power abuser” and a ”carefree violator” of due process. Obono-Obla’s success is, perhaps, more in the aspect of motoring controversy and bringing attention to the public property recovery panel than in fighting corruption.… Read More

Only wailers would doubt this administration’s love for Nigerians especially the poor among them. Both President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have shown in their words and actions that they have a special passion for the poor in Nigeria. That is probably the reason why in spite of the unprecedented suicide cases recorded in the last five years… Read More

The 2015 general elections had just ended, with Nigeria’s ‘achievement’ of an unprecedented transition from one civilian government to another. The losers were beginning to lick their wounds, while the gladiators in the winning party were busy strategising for the ways and means of cornering the juiciest portions of the spoils from the just-concluded electoral war. As the airways quaked… Read More