Category: Opinions

The cardinal aim of every academic pursuit, according to the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, “is to develop the power to think – clearly, correctly, and scientifically.” Nothing could be further from this truth! More often than not, people that obtain sound education are analytical and able to proffer solutions to complex problems. This explains the huge resources some countries devote… Read More

The old man was dressed in an elaborate outfit he had obviouslyoutgrown. It must have been a relic from the past, a reminder of thestatus he once possessed. He was pleased with himself all the same andseemed oblivious to his ill-fitting, riotously coloured regalia. Thiswas his birthday, 59 no less and part of his annual ritual was todress for the… Read More

I will begin this treatise with the words of the current Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad: “The rule of law must be obeyed in all our dealings and we must impress it on the government at all levels to actively toe the path. “The right of every citizen against any form of oppression and impunity must be jealously guarded and… Read More

The primary reason for a government is to serve as a protector,protecting citizens from violence, and properties from destruction.It’s a provider of goods and services that individuals cannot providefor a well-functioning society. Government is the solution tocollective action problems. The greatest ‘terrorist’ in Nigeria today is behind the mask in AsoRock. His name is Muhammadu Buhari.  He is also the… Read More

My dearest five-year-old Nigeria, I’m writing you this letter fully knowing that you’re going to think everything I’m about to tell you is complete rubbish, because at the stage you are now, you’re a nation with so much promise and hope; a nation that is out to conquer the world. Okay, right off the bat, I will tell you that… Read More

The controversial Rural Grazing Area project created by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has numerous layers of positives and negatives that could only be understood with a critical dissection. The program seeks to settle pastoral families in new communities where they would be provided with social amenities and sufficient grazing fields. Although RUGA was anticipated to cost around ₦2.2bn, the… Read More

There are two different issues that have just cropped up in the public domain and have constituted the discussion points for most commentators observing the trajectories of the counter terror war being waged by the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I must say that everyone who is somebody in the world of scholarship is involved in the… Read More

NIGERIA as a self-deceiving nation is rolling out drums and sombers today on the auspices of President Muhammadu Buhari to celebrate itself in the midst of self-afflicted catastrophic tragedy and endless woes. The pietistic delusion of throwing spit into the air and collecting it with the face is a symbol of a caged people and a traumatised nation whose wayward… Read More

Nigeria is dead! Let those words sink in. Two hundred million people are without regular and steady power. No treated water. No roads. Hunger is prevalent. Food is expensive. Salaries are not being paid as at due or not paid at all. Ritual killings for money, unemployment, poverty, delayed and denied justice, corruption, kidnapping, abduction, armed robbery, failed education system, failed… Read More

In August 2018, one month after I ‘moved’ into a rented apartment, Ikeja Electric sent me a power consumption bill in excess of N22,000. This was daylight robbery; I knew there was no chance I’d consumed a quarter of that — because even though the house was mine, it also wasn’t. What Ikeja Electric didn’t know was that it was my decoy… Read More