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Nigeria’s ex-international, Taribo West, stirred the hornet’s nest last week at the funeral rites of former Super Eagles’ captain and goalkeeper, Peter Rufai. In a viral interview, West blamed the Nigerian Football Federation and the Lagos State Football Association for abandoning Rufai and the family. West said inter alia: “What kind of nation is this? […]
Continue Reading“In all matters, one must consider the end” – Jean De La Fontaine, 1621-1695. “A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies”– Oscar Wilde, 1856-1900. Every active and deliberately controversial politician in a deadly political environment has two lives to protect – his real life and his political life. Occasionally, the two lives […]
Continue ReadingIn what irreverently humorous social media denizens are calling the battle between the “social media president” and the “Temu lawyer” (unflattering epithets to suggest that Peter Obi rules the Nigerian social media space while Deji Adeyanju is a baby lawyer who makes up for his inexperience through loud exhibitionism), Nigerian media law is about to […]
Continue ReadingHow would I ever forget 1983 in my life? My cousin (now of blessed memory) told us Chief Obafemi Awolowo said if he did not win the presidential election, he would relocate to the moon. After the disputed election, won by President Shehu Shagari, we gathered every night in our compound in the village to […]
Continue ReadingHe was just a municipal court judge in a US city. Some years ago, he was asked: “In your 38 years of sitting on the bench, is there a case you still think about today?” This judge looked up, and did not hesitate before answering yes, there was a case, and he told the story: […]
Continue ReadingThe copyright to the above title belongs to Khaleed Yazeed, a young journalist. He has written several reports about the way bandit kingpins are being enabled with a policy of appeasement that has only escalated their violence on innocent people, especially in Zamfara and Katsina States. This is what provoked Yazeed’s latest headline: “The chairman of Safana […]
Continue ReadingWhen people, through their words, attempt to distance themselves from both the good and the bad of the country, it often hurts my core. I have watched with disappointment as various postulations, such as those by Ms. Kemi Badenoch, have projected apprehensive attributes to the essence of the nation, Nigeria, putting the country in a […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, someone asked me to give my current impression of that coalition party called the ADC. I asked if the person knew the meaning of the idiom: a loud fart in a windstorm, or simply, a fart in the wind. That is my impression of the party that came loud and furious like Hurricane Katrina […]
Continue ReadingFrom a distance, Biodun Oyebanji exudes the aura of a quintessential *Omoluabi*, a man of virtue, humility, and grace. To the casual observer, he could almost pass for a saint. But proximity reveals a different reality: one that evokes the image of a Pharaoh ruling with an iron fist, cloaked in charm but driven by […]
Continue ReadingA self -anointed select pack of northern political hounds has found a favourite seasonal mascot for each election cycle. Former president Goodluck Jonathan has managed to find repetitive mention in each election cycle. Hardly any presidential election cycle passes without a loud speculation of Jonathan as a possible candidate. In each election season since after […]
Continue ReadingThe by-elections held across the country last Saturday in 16 constituencies across 12 states, in terms of the organization, the process and outcomes would seem to confirm one painful truth, namely that Nigeria’s democracy is still inchoate, tentative, fledgling, and that we are not yet anywhere near the target of democratic consolidation in Africa’s largest […]
Continue ReadingLetty was a good girl who became a good wife but the seasons changed and this once-upon-a-time choir leader, like Lot’s wife, looked back and right before the eyes of her Pastor and in the presence of her bewildered husband, is turning into a pillar of salt. The kind of salt no one wants to […]
Continue ReadingThe Cambridge English dictionary defines ‘carcass’ as “the body of a dead animal, especially a large one.” The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was recently described as “a carcass” by one of its former governors, Mr Ayodele Fayose. Yet, that carcass defeated the reigning lion, the APC, in a decisive election in Oyo State at the […]
Continue ReadingMy friend and I were passing by a car parked next to my street. We usually discuss Nigeria during our daily exercise and it is our wont to analyse trending events and developments, trying to highlight the problems and propose possible solutions. I always tell David: “It is very easy to point out Nigeria’s problems. […]
Continue ReadingUnenviable bee life. Despite buzzing from pillar to post in the field, transporting tonnes of nectar sugar to its hive for honey, the bee, like the Value Jet aircraft passenger, is ultimately deboarded from its hive in an extractive process to yield nature’s sweetest and goldiest liquid, honey; a perfect example of the product outvaluing […]
Continue Reading“A political party deserves the approbation of the American people only as it represents the ideals, the aspirations and hopes of Americans. If it is anything else, it is merely a conspiracy to seize power” – US President Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969. I strongly believe that a Nigerian political party deserves to be called one only if […]
Continue ReadingOf all the possible resolutions to the drama involving Wasiu Ayinde Anifowoshe (the artiste popularly known as K1), and which has been the subject of frenzied discussion for the past week, what I bet no one saw coming was that he would emerge as an NCAA ambassador. If this were to be a work of […]
Continue ReadingThe recent rise in ethnic nationalism and intolerance in Nigeria is a cause of concern. Many people often assume that there is nothing wrong with nationalist ideologies, believing that those who promote them are bold individuals who deserve to be celebrated. Reasons and justifications are given for their actions and utterances. But that was how […]
Continue ReadingMr. Peter Obi, former Anambra State Governor and LP (Labour Party) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, recently pledged he would serve only one term if elected president in 2027. Essentially to reassure political leaders from a section of the country of his commitment to the zoning arrangement. “Longevity in office is not a mark of success; rather, […]
Continue ReadingThe biggest affliction that Nigerians suffer from, individually and collectively, is encapsulated in the common, familiar saying: “Do you know who I am?” It is a statement, a question, rooted in a feeling of superiority towards the other to whom it is directed, a subtle reminder that the person speaking is important, a big man […]
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