Tag: Opinion

Two bills in the last two weeks, defined for me the President Muhammadu Buhari government including its state of mind, wellbeing, position on democracy and its so-called war on corruption. On Monday, December 20, 2021, it declined assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill on the basis – rather, excuse – that it contained a provision for direct primaries… Read More

When Nigerians peer into 2022 and beyond, they see a country in decline economically, politically, and the most dangerous place on earth to live. There’s no democracy in the world more politically divided, politically dysfunctional, and politically undemocratic than Nigeria today.  Only the profiteers of the rot, destroyers of Nigeria, are optimistic about Nigeria’s future. In 2022, nothing will change… Read More

I have never been one to earnestly celebrate the New Year. I have never really enjoyed this time of year or regarded it as a marker that means anything personally to me. I do, however, appreciate its significance and for many, it’s an amazing time to start afresh. For the majority, New Year is a time for over-eating, relaxation, holiday… Read More

They are you, your friends, your neighbors and all men and women of good will who still continue to habour hope, no matter how faint, that it would ultimately be well with our country.  Nobody wants to hear that this country can still be redeemed. It is not that the naysayers hate the country so much, but rather they got… Read More

To whom do we owe allegiance – our tribe or Nigeria? The reality is some of us, if not most, define our existence and identity from a tribal standpoint. We think in tribal amplitude and act in protection of the tribe. Our tribe comes first; we steal, fight and even kill for the tribe. The nation as an entity is… Read More

In Chief Edwin Clark’s letter to Obasanjo, he highlighted environmental, social, and economic challenges facing the Niger Delta. It goes without saying that the environmental damage in the Niger Delta requires emergency attention, and it will be inhumane not to empathise. Anyone with ethical consideration should empathise with the environmental challenges facing the region.  One cannot deny the impact of… Read More

In its darkest days when the evil Apartheid system reigned, South Africa produced two outstanding liberation theologians who were burning torches in a country enveloped in darkness. In 1982 when Apartheid was rebuilding its strength after waves of mass protests beginning with the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak of the Dutch Reform Church was elected President of the… Read More

No, it’s not what you think. I have read Bisi Akande’s feather-ruffler, entitled, “My Participations.” Perhaps the only connection between the memoir and what you’re about to read is a borrowed inspiration to re-purpose the title. So, relax.  I laughed my way through the book. If you knew Akande, you would probably guess why. He writes not only the way he… Read More

The General Medical Council of Britain recently revealed that 805 Nigerian doctors were licensed in the UK between July and December 2021.   Overall, the number of Nigerian-trained doctors in the UK as of December 25, 2021, according to the council, was 9,189.  Of course, the figure does not include the number of Nigerian doctors trained in the UK and practising there. Similarly,… Read More

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has theorized that the oil and gas found in the Niger Delta region belong to the federal government, and not to the oil-bearing communities. Legally speaking, Obasanjo can be said to be correct, because he was part and parcel of successive military juntas that cleverly and systematically inserted expropriatory and inhuman laws concerning ownership of oil… Read More