Category: Leaders

it’s somewhat old hat at this point to point out that Ibrahim Babangida, the destroyer of our nation, is an homicidal tyrant who initiated the three greatest crimes in the history of Nigeria. Rehashing all of his crimes would require a much longer article. Here are the three major specific cases of almost unimaginable cruelty inflicted by Babangida during his… Read More

The Federal Bureau of  Investigation (FBI) on July 28 published  a 69-page court document revealing  that Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba  Kyari had been under intense investigation as an accomplice of Ramon Olorunwa Abbas also known as Hushuppi  who had already pleaded guilty to fraud related charges. The alleged offences contained in the document were that Abba Kyari is… Read More

Over the years, Mburubu community in Nkanu East LGA of Enugu State has suffered negligence and abandonment.  The community remains one of the food baskets of the state. Its ranked one of  the largest producers of palm oil produce, garri, cassava, yam and timber; a largely agrarian community, yet with many of its sons and daughters thriving in different spheres… Read More

Yes, that’s right: In the purest interpretations of foreign relations law, as applied to Britain and Kenya, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is technically speaking, still in Kenya. Dual national or not, Kanu departed Britain and travelled to Kenya as a British citizen and Kenya admitted him as such. That’s the starting point. So, after his admission to Kenya, it arises that… Read More

The advancement of any society revolves around its politics. A system, putrefying and governed by chaos, tells much about the politics of that set-up. A society cannot rise above its politics. Human, economic and social development begins with the right politics. Where politics falters, the country fails. In ‘The Partitioning of Nigeria ahead of 2023’ of July 7, 2021, I… Read More

Every society runs on systems established by law, conventions, traditions and customs. Where the system promotes justice, equity and fairness an automation is created to reward meritocracy, hard work and diligence but where the system deploys injustice against the masses such that the economic reality of the “haves” and “have nots” becomes like the difference between night and day ,… Read More

The voluble Spokesman of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Emma Powerful had released a statement recently indicating that starting from Monday next week (August 9) the south-east region would be subjected to a total lockdown in protest against the continuing incarceration of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Codenamed ‘ghost’ Monday it seeks to mount pressure on the Buhari regime… Read More

He was a terrible god. No! He was bloodthirsty and a killjoy. Or better still, he was terrible, bloodthirsty, and a killjoy – all of them combined. How else can you describe Chinua Achebe’s ‘Aru oyi dedede’ – the god who takes a man’s life when it is sweetest to him.’ He must have been a really terrible god, Aru… Read More

The quota system in Nigeria was conceived to address an inequitable system, but the prevailing “unjust system” betrayed the purpose for which the quota system was ideated and actioned. The quota system, principally, is not an unjust system. And it does not confer advantage on the north against the south. Much of what has been said about the quota system… Read More

Since independence, Nigeria has been dogged by political instability caused by tribal political alliances. Some people believe rotational presidency will create equal opportunity for all Nigerians to participate without any form of discrimination. Rotational presidency, they argued,  will promote national cohesion, stability, and effective power sharing. It will remove the struggle for power and promote peace.  Professor Ishak Akintola director… Read More