Tag: Opinion

President Muhammadu Buhari is a Fulani from Daura in Katsina State. A retired Major-General who coveted democratic power after truncating democracy in the early 80s for the sake of power and its appurtenances. In December 1983, aided and abetted by other professional coup-plotters (‘militricians’ if you like), Generals Ibrahim Babangida, Domkat Bali and the late Joshua Dogonyaro and Sani Abacha,… Read More

We know President Muhammadu Buhari, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to whom the National Assembly and judiciary are loyal, is perhaps the most powerful person in the country. But when his Minister of State for Power, Goddy Jedy Agba, announced on Monday, December 7, 2021 that his boss had removed with immediate effect, the management and board of a… Read More

On October 8, 2017, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Cardinal Olubunmi Anthony Okogie criticised the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, over his decision to have as many branches of the church as possible. In his condemnation of such mushrooming of churches the Cardinal described them as “mere business centres,”… Read More

One never stops wondering about the unending volt face of President Muhammad Buhari and APC henchmen.  They came seeking political Power wearing redemptive masks as they danced with saintly gaits and sang redemption songs on podia across different States of the Federation. They vilified the PDP saying the party was responsible for everything that was evil in Nigeria at the… Read More

Independence from colonial masters was meant to be freedom for Africa, however some sixty years later, freedom has continued to elude many African countries. That is because Independence in itself is not freedom, except when it is accompanied by SELF-DETERMINATION for indigenous ethnic nationalities on their ancestral land.  Looking back at events in the 1950s, it becomes clear that corruption,… Read More

Timothy Adegoke, a graduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife was murdered at the Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife. Dr. Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin is the owner of Hilton Hotels and Resorts.  Yesterday, Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja ruled that Adedoyin can access medical facilities of his choice for treatment. Adedoyin has been in police custody… Read More

The Madam Xiomara Castro Zelaya tsunami that on November 28, 2021 swept away the narcotic-centred political structures in Honduras, was a dozen years in the making. The ex-protest leader and former First Lady is not only set to become her country’s first female President, but the Liberty and Refoundation (Libre) Party she leads which emerged out of the protest movement,… Read More

Nigeria in the last 6 years has seen an insane rise of human rights violations by non-state actors, largely due to the government’s incompetence and more so, by the government in a ridiculous and grossly outrageous dimension with reckless impunity. In August 2017, Charly Boy, Deji Adeyanju and others were harassed and teargassed at the Unity Fountain, Abuja for exercising… Read More

Cyber crimes are global in nature. Scammers and swindlers abound in the cyber space all around the world. The advent of the Internet has made it relatively easier to reach out to friends and relatives around the world. Cross-fertilisation of ideas has become a global phenomenon involving folks of all ages, gender, religions and nationalities. The world wide web makes… Read More

President Buhari’s return from the Expo 2020 in Dubai felt like Jeff Bezos’s return to earth when the American billionaire spent $5.5 billion to stay in Space for four minutes.  Like Bezos, Nigerians would have preferred if Buhari had stayed away from the country so long he foots his bills and his entourage’s. That shows how Buhari’s influence and importance… Read More