Category: Leaders

As soon as a politician have learnt to buy political support from the ‘public purse’, and conditioned electorates to embrace looting and bribery, the democratic process reduces itself to the formation of (Mancur Olson’s) ‘distributional coalitions’ – electoral majorities mortared together by common interest in a collectively advantageous pattern of theft. The Nigerian democratic space is fast becoming a system… Read More

Outsiders would wonder why there is so much noise in Nigeria regarding cattle grazing. They may say: “Come on, stop monkeying around, this is the 21st Century AD and cattle should be reared on farms or ranches!” What they do not understand is that in Nigeria, cattle roaming about and grazing everywhere represents Fulani power.  To put it in context,… Read More

At 61, Nigeria is on DNR. Nigeria has long teetered on the precipice of failure. There are four kinds of nations: The strong, the weak, the failed, and the collapsed. Nigeria is unable to keep its citizens safe and secure, it has become a fully failed state.   As a failed state, Nigeria has failed at some of the basic conditions… Read More

The murder of a Christian pastor in Kano has raised issues regarding justice, equity, and fairness for non-Muslims in Muslim-dominated Kano state. Muslim bloodletters killed Rev. Shuaibu over his alleged role in the conversion of a Muslim to Christianity in the area. Such horrific acts of religious extremism are not new in Kano state. Kano is one of the Muslim… Read More

Today marks 61 years since the West African country called Nigeria gained her independence from British rule. As I lay on my bed reminiscing on the journey of the country called Nigeria, my thoughts keep wandering, thinking of the tragic paradox of how a country could be so blessed, yet so cursed. So rich, yet so poor. So endowed, yet… Read More

Public institutions and officers exist to solve problems. Many times they don’t and therefore we have a country going nowhere, but it becomes even worse when they rather create problems for us. Inability to do one’s work or do it well is called ‘incompetence’. Such a person is incompetent. Presently, the institution, and individual leading this charge in Nigeria by their incompetence causing the country great pain is the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and… Read More

As Nigeria celebrates her 61st Independence anniversary today, speeches, conferences, protests, prayers, and other public functions will hold in search of a better country. But, one thing is unarguably wrong about this nation, Nigeria is drenched with attitudinal depravities and moral decadences. It is absolutely evident that we are morally deficient as a people, and the sad part of it… Read More

Nigeria would turn 61 on the first day of October this year. Sixty one years of flag independence from the Great Britain. Ordinarily, a 61-year old man ought to have achieved everything in life according to his destiny or vision. If he is destined to be great and rich then he must have achieved greatness and richness even before attaining… Read More

It was not surprising that the Nigerian Diaspora community would gather in New York City at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly to protest the reign of terror under President Muhammadu Buhari. What is deeply surprising is that the agents of the Nigerian government from the homeland would attempt to counter the truth by storming the same venue… Read More

Two women in the last six days have walked out of jail, unrepentant, heads held high, dignity in place, unperturbed and symbolising the hopes and aspirations of their peoples. One of them, Khalida Jarrar, 58-year-old Palestinian law maker, released after two years in Israeli prison, has been in jail at least four times, and  knows that if she does not… Read More