Tag: Opinion

The announcement of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Nigeria’s nominated candidate for the position of the Director General of the World Trade Organization, which would now be vacant by September 1, 2020, and not 2021, following the incumbent’s decision to take his exit a year earlier, was received with great excitement among Nigerians. This enthusiasm is in itself a reflection of… Read More

Nigeria is a troubled nation going through tortured times. Sixty years ago, Nigeria became independent. Till today, our federal system of government continues to experience tensions due to issues of inequality and ethnic domination. The Federal Character Commission was established to ensure federal character principle that will guarantee equitable representation of different groups in all tiers of the federal government.… Read More

If you want to be different in your ideological make up in life, you must have a thick skin to stand and withstand the expected consequences. For a lawyer in this part of the world, it is more serious, thick skin alone may not suffice, so you add ruggedness to the mix. And if you prescribe celestial fortification, you may… Read More

The spokesperson of Islamists in Kano has stated that Mubarak Bala would not be tried in a sharia court. That came as a relief, right? But do not be excited. Mr. Bala would still be punished in line with sharia law. Those who are conversant with the treatment and trial of persons who are accused of blasphemy in Kano understand… Read More

The Federal High Court in Lokoja set tongues wagging, dogs barking and goat bleating when on June 2, 2020, after examining incontrovertible evidence, the court recited the contents of Nigeria’s history to declare that the country was indebted to ancient Igala Kingdom. That debt in cowries, now to be paid in naira, is approximately N10bn. As it is the tradition… Read More

History, as they say, repeats itself. In the case of Nigeria, bad history often repeats itself; good history rarely does. This best explains what plays out in the Presidential Villa between the First Lady and Sabiu Tunde Yusuf—President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew and personal assistant. Nigeria is plagued with leadership problem. A recurring situation whereby the electorates voted a president into office only for the office to be hijacked by other ‘presidents’ who… Read More

Edo State is at the crossroads of political heist. The war of attrition between the incumbent and the former governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has got to tragic and ridiculous levels. Thus, it is imperative to put the issues in perspective before the Edo people and the Nigerian public in general. Precisely in 1999, Nigeria got back on the democratic track after… Read More

There’s something about the Nigerian space, such that if you are not very careful and deliberate in your application of your creative aspirations, you will most likely turn out average or a nobody. The propensity to turn out a failure even with incredible talent is commonplace in our environment in Nigeria. We do not walk straight in this country but… Read More

Nigeria is a tragic book with different stories from each chapter. Her potentials declined divisively with ethnocentric, egocentric predicaments that have waddled the progress of the country. The negligence of political leaders for decades polluted the atmosphere for peaceful co-existence. The battle of superiority over the minority, the sniffy puffy by the ruling class desecrated the reactions of the masses.… Read More

In 2016 the then Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s tenure was coming to an end and the issue of succession naturally propped up. The front runner was Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who has been an old political war horse since the third Republic. By his admission, he was instrumental to the first coming of Oshiomhole as governor in 2008 after… Read More