Category: Opinions

Nigeria came into being as a result of the British amalgamation ofNorthern and Southern colonial territories in 1914. The amalgamationwas an act of colonial convenience for obvious reasons. The Britswanted one country stretching from the desert to the Atlantic Coast.Northern Nigeria couldn’t pay its way while southern Nigeria generatedmore than enough revenue for its administrative expenses. The amalgamation laid the… Read More

Our climate is changing. At the United Nations General Assembly that just concluded, there was a Climate Action Summit, which addressed the dire consequences of Climate Change. In the face of worsening climate crisis, world leaders from government, business, and civil society met to come up with new pathways and practical actions to shift global response into higher gear. They… Read More

The continued detention of Omoyele Sowore by the Nigerian Government and Department of State Services in brazen disregard for the extant order of the Federal High Court per Hon. Justice Taiwo Taiwo to release him forthwith is to say the least an embarrassment to every Nigerian across the world. This noxious descent to fascism is antithetical to all democratic norms.… Read More

You can accuse Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, of being “down-to-earth” considering his pint-size. You can also accuse him of intellectual exuberance but you cannot tack corruption to him. It will not stick. Over the years, the maelstrom of anger against Osinbajo has widened. The reason for this, perhaps, is the perception by some Nigerians that he is not standing up… Read More

I feel the need to begin with some clarifications on the title that has been constructed for this piece: “Revolutions that ‘fired’ young Leftists.” This need will be more than adequately met if a specific meaning can be attached to the word “revolution” as used in the article, and if the period under reference can be indicated – at least… Read More

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, dominated the media space on Monday as he enrolled his six-year-old son, Abubakar, in the state’s 62-year-old Capital School, Malali. Capital School is one of the legacies of the late Premier, Sir Ahmadu Bello. The governor was the first to break the news on the state government’s Twitterhandle @GovKaduna before one of his aides, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the… Read More

On Tuesday, Justice Taiwo Taiwo of Federal High Court in Abuja ruledthat the Department of State Services (DSS) should release OmoyeleSowore on bail. Sowore is still held in detention by the DSS. Mr. FemiFalana, attorney for Sowore has vowed that he and his team would notleave DSS facility until his client is released to him. In a democracy, it is… Read More

Nigeria’s social media space had trending on Monday, the news that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State enrolled his child in Capital School, Malali, Kaduna. A school established in 1952.  The move has been lauded as commendable in a country where the citizens are used to public schools and other facilities good enough for the masses as terrible as they… Read More

Vice President Yemi Osibanjo shouldn’t have had anything to do with President Muhammadu Buhari’s bankrupt and rapidly collapsing government, if he hasn’t committed class suicide.  A former advocate of a restructured Nigeria and its egalitarian statehood has severally been caught in the bid vassilating between its desirability. Any surprise that Prof Osinbajo has all along been advancing the course of… Read More

There are many things I wanted to write about from last week but I can’t otherwise I’ll end up in jail. Since the Department of State Services charged Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of SaharaReporters, to court for “insulting” President Muhammadu Buhari, among other allegations, the message from the presidency has been loud and clear enough: insult the President, go to jail. … Read More