Tag: Opinion

People in Katsina State can’t breathe because bandits are kneeling on their necks. Insecurity is a knee on the necks of helplessly vulnerable and defenceless people under a government which security tops its campaign agenda. Not only Katsina where the President hail from, no part of the country that does not experience insecurity ranging from kidnappings, herdsmen and bandits killings… Read More

We can proudly say that we of the Youth Democratic Front (YDF) and our broader youth coalition Congress of Progress Youth (COPY) were at the forefront of the struggle to revalidate the annulled June 12 mandate. COPY cadres stormed Ibadan when Adedidu / Arishekola organised a 5 million man march in support of Abacha’s transition to civilian president agenda. We… Read More

The Nigerian national constitution gives ‘dictatorial’ powers to not only the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic but generously to the executive Governors of the 36 states that make up the dysfuntional federation. While the President remains the most ‘powerful’ man in the world given the constitutional extra-ordinary powers he wields (abusively) the Governors are… Read More

You may not like their reckless consumption of drugs, the airs they put on as “stars” and the pumped-up peacock ego sometimes exhibited by them at their apogee of stardom. The reality, however, is that, popular culture musicians, indigenous African musicians, that is, and even Africanist musicians among them, are prophets of some sorts. The ones who consume cannabis among… Read More

I remember in 1993 when as an eight-year-old starry-eyed lad, I was introduced to partisan politics. My father belonged to the then National Republican Convention (NRC) and he never told me to go and play outside when his political associates sauntered into our house for meetings. As the child, who was saddled with the responsibility of purchasing newspapers for him,… Read More

The global condemnation of the death of George Floyd, one of the latest in a constellation of officer-involved deaths of unarmed civilians, has grown into a social movement for disbanding or defunding police.  At the far end of the debate, there are those calling for abolishing the police altogether. Little consideration is given to what may occupy the ensuing vacuum. On the other hand,… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day speech is a good example of “newspeak” in Gorge Orwell’s 1984 dystopian classic. In 1984, Orwell explains how dictators use “newspeak” language to manipulate their citizens.  “Newspeak” says Orwell, is a form of brainless speaking that enables garbage to be uttered convincingly. Going by Orwell’s theory, informed and rational Nigerians should take Democracy Day speech by… Read More

Nigerian humanist, Mubarak Bala, who was arrested on April 28 for allegedly making posts on Facebook that were critical of the prophet of Islam has yet to be formally charged. Detained for over 40 days, his situation has patently become a case of justice denied. Why do I say so? Mr. Bala was arrested in Kaduna in April and was… Read More

The disqualification of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo State, from participating in the governorship primary poll of the All Progressives Congress fixed for June 22 did not come as a shock to me and I’m sure to many others. Obaseki saw this coming when he said he would not be treated fairly by the screening panel which was set up… Read More