Tag: Opinion

Comrade Omoyele Sowore means a lot of things to different people. Some see him as a hero, who has been committed to a better society and has been consistent about his cause since the 1980’s. Others view him as a mere rabble rouser, who is a constant attention seeker that loves to make a mountain out of a molehill. After… Read More

Currently, there’s a lot of posturing amongst the major car manufacturers, as they jockey for position in the autonomous vehicle chase, with most of them predicting that there will be some form of self-driving vehicle on the roads by the early to mid-2020s – most likely as ride-hailing services (think Uber and Lyft) or commercial transportation (set routes, set times).… Read More

In a country where Nigerians are invariably losing their lives, livelihood and right to free speech, many government officials earn their paychecks propagating duplicitous commercial messages intended to deflect this truth. One of such officers is Presidential media aide, Femi Adesina. His response to questions in a recent interview with Channels TV concerning growing insecurity in Nigeria deeply exposed his… Read More

The zealous conviction with which all Yorubas across the world spoke with one voice on the issue of  South West Security Network, with the code name of Amotekun has made me very proud. The novel initiative of the six governors of the South-Western states on the establishment of Amotekun as well as their displayed courage to have resisted all forms… Read More

Per Malcolm Turnbull, in economics, one of the most important concepts is the ‘opportunity cost’ – the idea that once you spend your money on something, you can’t spend it again on something else. That’s why Igbos have a saying that a child that is consuming akara (bean cake) is consuming his money. People, therefore, for the most part, make decisions based on opportunity costs.  Unfortunately,… Read More

Every Northerner opposed the creation of Western Nigeria Security Network Amotekun, though similar security outfits exist in the North. Various Northern groups like Arewa Youth Consultative Council and Miyetti Allah castigated Yoruba race with unprintable epithets because of Amotekun. National Secretary of Miyetti Allah herdsmen group, Alhassan Saleh, said: “It is not blackmail. Unfortunately, with very strong apology to my… Read More

The sound of “Amotekun” has drowned out all other issues in the Nigerian public space for many days, and there is a great likelihood that the Yoruba word will have meanings and connotations beyond the original meaning of leopard. Soon enough, Wikipedia will include Amotekun. Maybe the word will also enter into the Oxford English Dictionary as was recently the… Read More

Let me begin by saying that the term “idealist” is not used in this article in the philosophical sense. Were this the case, departed comrades to whom the piece is dedicated would not be considered as Marxists at all. But they were all revolutionary Marxists. I employ the term “idealist” here in the ordinary sense of a person that “cherishes… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari deserves commendation for his new year pledge to reform Nigeria’s electoral process, but he should have gone further to admit that the exercise through, which he was re-elected for a second term in office was grossly flawed. He should have equally confessed that, by law, the degree of irregularity in the 2019 presidential election ought to have… Read More

The prison scars are truly very scary. They live on my wrists. The psychological torture will live with you for a long time. Sadly, the pains are inflicted by your own country and in your innocence, you watch a police officer whose primary responsibility is to protect, turn against you for no reason outside being vocal in a fight for… Read More