Tag: Opinion

I once witnessed a macabre execution – early 2000s. It was a quotidian day in Onitsha – except for a sudden alarm jarring everyone grinding away in the day’s humdrum. Thief! Thief! Swiftly, commuters, traders and idlers became vigilantes. They encircled a young man and bludgeoned him until he was lifeless. No questions asked. No trial. No justice – but… Read More

We have been screaming for years now that political leaders in Igboland must listen to our people.  It all fell on dead ears.  It’s now high noon for us all. We are witnesses to how they ganged up and invited the military to mauled down our people in 2017, they code named it Python dance.  We are yet to account… Read More

As the leader goes so goes the nation. The coming of dictator General Muhammadu Buhari brings along ancient evils. Under a bad president things go sour. The heart and skill of a president will always tremendously affect life of the people under his direction.  Good president draws loyalty from the people. Bad president draws rebellion from the people. Good president… Read More

The last time I was in Chad was in 2014. In its capital, N’Djamena, I couldn’t resist the feeling that I was in a big rural village. Many of the side streets I went, were either un-tarred or in need of some repair and in some cases, water logged. Desperation was written on many faces as poverty played widely popular… Read More

Let’s agree for once that it’s the north destroying us and the “northerners” will always protect themselves, no matter what. Riding on that fact, the rulers from the South should have used the Pantami campaign to score a point among their people. They should have unequivocally spoken against the terrorist hegemony.  But the turn of events on #PantamiGate has shown… Read More

The question unanswered remains, how does he scaled through Department of State Security Screening hurdle  In the process of recruitment, one of the cardinal processes considered by the Human Resources department is the oral interview. I have been to many interview sessions in my life. Questions vary according to the objectives of the recruiting organisations. For companies that do aptitude… Read More

Something Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said reminded me of British political journalist, Andrew Marr.  Journalism, Marr wrote in his book, My Trade, is a chaotic form of earning, ragged at the edges and full of snakes and con artists. Last week, Mohammed, furious at Twitter’s decision to start its first Africa office in Ghana, decided it… Read More

The way Nigerian leaders talk about cows and goats gives one the impression that these animals are far higher in value than the average citizen. Discourse on cattle is so much elevated above any meaningful discussion on education, technology or development in general. From the look of things, it seems Nigeria’s 18.4 million cattle, its 43.4 million sheep, 76 million… Read More

Respectfully speaking Mr Garba Shehu, the government is not telling Nigerians the truth, the statement that President Buhari cannot be bullied into negotiating with secessionist groups seem to give the impression that the  government is fully in charge or has some magic  to upturn situation when  in reality we are losing grounds to insurgence by the day. We are aware… Read More

I am glad that a young, brilliant and deeply courageous freelance journalist by the name of David Hundeyin thoroughly thrashed, disgraced and removed the pants of a shameless ignoramus, bumbling fool and decrepit imbecile called Kabir Bako on Channels Televisions’ ‘Politics Today’ last night. The latter had attempted to defend the indefensible by seeking to justify and rationalise the despicable… Read More