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The Fulani have many intriguing proverbs. ‘If a man says he will swallow an axe, hold the handle for him.’ That is one of the proverbs. If you want to understand the full import, then listen very well to Alhaji Buba Galadima who professes to be Buhari’s enemy. He was in the news a few […]
Continue Reading“My brother, how you dey?” “What can we do?” “E ku recession” “Excuse me?” “I said er ku recession…” “Are you Yoruba people alright at all? You people always make a joke out of everything. Does recession look like a joke to you? Second recession in the last five years, the worst in Nigerian history […]
Continue ReadingIn the decade leading up to 2010- 2015, global discourse on Africa’s development prospects adopted a new mantra: Africa Rising. Major influential media echoed it and the message went to major investors, increasing the interest and appetite of Africa’s traditional partners while luring new ones to discover what used to be the ‘dark continent’ in […]
Continue ReadingThree weeks ago, I released a video in which I vowed to provide irrefutable proof to the media that the Lekki Massacre of peaceful, unarmed #EndSARS protesters happened. And with the CNN Independent Investigation, which was aired on Tuesday the 17th of November, 2020, I am pleased to say I fulfilled my promise. The Lekki […]
Continue ReadingI was talking of how comprehensive incompetence of some of our compatriots who lack ability to lead is doing much damage to this country and may sentence it to death if we don’t reset quickly. The wonder in the piece was the likely dangers we face with those who went to hold a sectional meeting […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s political elite are strange animals. They give the outward – and deceptive impression that they want democracy but inwardly the only thing that they truly want is power, raw power, and authoritarian power. When the first television station was established in Ibadan in 1959 it was obvious to many that the cute little box […]
Continue ReadingA state well-defined is where law and order reign. And it is not difficult to have a country of degraded, disappearing statehood. We already have it. We say when the roots of a tree begin to decay, they spread death up the stem to the branches. Across the south west where I live, the police are on […]
Continue ReadingDo you remember when your mechanic advised you not to buy a car with automatic transmission? If you recall, he said manual cars were the best — easier and cheaper to maintain. What he didn’t tell you was that technology had injured him and left him behind. He had thought the world was going to […]
Continue ReadingIt’s now two years since the Buhari regime launched its “NexlLevel” agenda. In a November 24, 2018 column titled “APC’s ‘NextLevel’ of Fraud, Incompetence, and Sorrow,” I predicted most of what is unfolding now. Read it below: APC’s embarrassing “NextLevel” reelection campaign has erased all lingering doubts that the Buhari presidency is a veritable graveyard […]
Continue ReadingWhen those of us making up the quintet met early in September to moot the idea of commemorating his 60th birthday, there was thick apprehension. How would the man receive this? This question went round. Do we inform him, carry him along or, as usual with things like this involving him, just pull a surprise? […]
Continue ReadingIn the aftermath of the frightening ENDSARS protests, government seems confronted with a choice of two untidy pathways. Either pursue reprisals against the suspected leaders of the protests or address the pervasive inequality that inspired the spin off anger, rampage, looting and criminal lawlessness. The first option is lazy and untenable because the protests were, […]
Continue ReadingIn one’s life, there are a limited number of events that are truly transformational and can be included amongst earth-shattering events. The #EndSars protests was one of them. The same way Americans remember where they were when the Twin Towers came down or when they found out President Kennedy had been assassinated, Nigerians will remember […]
Continue ReadingA wide range of emotions is provoked in a democracy. They range from fear, hatred, envy, contempt, absurdity, awe, anger, hope, promise, inclusiveness, tolerance, freedom and much more. Of these, we have witnessed more of the bad and the ugly under the current dispensation. The sad truth, however, is that since our return to democracy, […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, the Nigeria Police Force cordoned off the road leading to the Afrika Shrine in Ikeja, Lagos, to prevent an #EndSARS meeting from happening. In a letter to Afrika Shrine’s operators, Lagos State Police Command warned against hosting a potentially volatile meeting at “this perilous time,” and that any consequent social destabilisation will “be tagged a […]
Continue ReadingIn July last year, the federal government established a task force comprised of the EFCC, ICPC, NFIU and the Federal Ministry of Justice to recover N5.7 trillion owed to the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). The government also proposed an amendment to the AMCON Act with a view to strengthening its institutional capacity. Although […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Bolaji Akinyemi once said that in certain circumstances “a tree can make a forest.” The former foreign minister upended the usual saying that “a tree does not make a forest” in a remarkable tribute to the exceptional courage and consistency of radical lawyer Gani Fawehinmi as a historical figure. In many respects, Akinyemi’s phrase […]
Continue ReadingSome people have been asking me whether I will be running – again – for the post of Nigeria’s president in 2023. In fact, the moment the results of our 2019 elections were called, young Nigerians on Twitter started asking when I and other young-ish candidates will start coming together. Some sounded very arrogant or […]
Continue ReadingThe 23rd child of his father, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) joined the military in 1962 at 19 and at 40, he toppled a democratically elected civilian government to become Head of State before he was booted out of power at 42. Within the first 20 years of his working life, Buhari made hay, attaining […]
Continue ReadingCustody of children One of the most contentious consequential or ancillary aspects of dissolution of customary law marriages like other forms of marriages is the issue of the custody of children. Under the Customary Courts Law of the various states where customary courts have been established, provisions have made relating to custody of children in […]
Continue ReadingIf there is anything that the COVID-19 pandemic has proven beyond doubt, it is how humanity depends on science for its survival. Every confounding development that has been thrown up by nature or biology since the days of the pre-historic man has been resolved, and humanity has advanced on the back of scientific discoveries, from […]
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