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If you were appointed as Nigeria’s minister of Finance, would you steal? It all depends on what kingdom you belong to. If you belong to the kingdoms of this world, you would be a fool not to steal. No matter the anti-corruption noises being made right now, you would know you cannot be in that […]
Continue ReadingMallam Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s confidant, is someone who speaks just once in a blue moon. He hardly grants media interviews or appears at public events. Only a few Nigerians can point him out in a crowd. A Google image search will return less than a dozen pictures of him. For a man who […]
Continue ReadingWhat is not disputed is that the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, is a threat to all humanity. It has not spared any country. What has been remarkable is the difference with which the science of this virus is being processed and disseminated by people of different political and religious persuasions. Conspiracy theories abound about the causes […]
Continue ReadingOn Monday, I watched as Breitbart, an American right-wing media, streamed a speech by a gathering of doctors in Washington D.C. The doctors had travelled to the nation’s capital to dissent against their fellow doctors’ consensus on COVID-19. The event was organised by Republicans who want to push back against the tyranny of science. When […]
Continue ReadingNo bush fowl is bigger than the other, except the one perched on a heap. To be on that heap, politicians over-egg their academic achievements in a bid to distinguish themselves and stand out from the crowd. This recurring lie about educational attainment by candidates for political office, as well as those already elected, is […]
Continue Reading“The children of the poor you failed to train will never let your children live in Peace” – Chief Obafemi Awolowo “When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again.” – Nikita Khrushchev, Former Leader of the Soviet Union We started a discussion […]
Continue ReadingIn discussing the theory and practice of corruption in Nigeria, Godswill Akpabio is a compelling subject. He has enjoyed this dubious distinction since his days as the Governor of Akwa Ibom State. Per capita, Akwa Ibom is about the richest state in Nigeria and the tendency in Nigeria is that the bigger the state treasury, […]
Continue ReadingIn my training as a lawyer I was taught that it was a criminal offence for anyone to engage in stealing or theft, fraud, obtaining money by false pretences, corruption, looting and conversion of goods. My lecturers did not teach me about money laundering, illicit financial flows, shell companies, safe havens and other new terms […]
Continue ReadingThree weeks ago, on 10th July, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Appropriation (Repeal and Amendment) Act, 2020 into law. At the signing ceremony, the president explained that although he had assented to the 2020 Appropriation Act on 17th December 2019, a revision became necessary as a “response to recent developments, in particular, the COVID-19 Pandemic”. […]
Continue ReadingPrince Julius Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi who turns 80 on Sunday, August 2nd, was our guest on ARISE TV flagship programme – The Morning Show – yesterday, and although I had made some comments about this national icon in the course of that engagement, the format of a television interview does not really provide me enough scope […]
Continue ReadingIn a recent viral video, Hassan Ayariga, founder of the All People’s Congress (APC) of Ghana, publicly reminded Nigerians that their country has become a butt of jokes in international discussions. Right before our very eyes, Ayariga rudely poked his hands into our eyeballs. Nigerians are however taking the insult in their strides because they […]
Continue ReadingThe rate at which technology and research advance has increased the level of discoveries that have been made in respect of sex and sexuality. Today, we shall be exploring eleven astounding discoveries on this topic. So, come with me as we unravel some of the remarkable speculations on sex and sex-related issues. One … First […]
Continue ReadingProstate cancer is common enough among our aging men to be considered of public health concern. It is currently the most common non-skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men worldwide according to the World Health Organisation International Agency for Research on Cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that one out […]
Continue ReadingWhy is Nigeria like this? Don’t look too far: the answers are well articulated in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) saga. I would say NDDC is a microcosm of Nigeria. If you understand the genesis of NDDC, as well as the latest revelations, you do not need to stretch too much to understand why […]
Continue ReadingThe race to the Year 2023 general elections in Nigeria has already begun and all eyes can see it. Ancient prejudices, myths and biases are gradually gathering momentum with ferocious swiftness; and it is as if those with the notion that Nigeria’s next major political battle is still centuries away have missed it. Again, while the cumulative effects of the forthcoming Edo and Ondo States’ governorship elections will be sufficient enough to foretell the […]
Continue ReadingThis is my address to the woman coming from an experience of brokenness. Dearest sister, The first thing that I want to make you understand is that it is not everyone’s success story that will be will be told through marriage or even biological children. Yet, everyone’s success story is waiting to be told just […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, wherever two or more Nigerians are gathered and engaged in deep-heated discussions and arguments, you can immediately guess what the issue is all about, NIGERIA and our intractable problems. The questions on most lips today are: are we likely to witness a better Nigeria again; is Nigeria cursed or jinxed; do we have […]
Continue ReadingAs chaos and corruption continue to careen out of control in Nigeria, thought of three emergent— and progressively worsening— problems fill me with deep existential anxieties about Nigeria, particularly for the next generation of Nigerians. The first is the increasingly unusual, corruption-ridden path to getting government jobs in the country. It is now almost impossible […]
Continue ReadingTwenty years on, one of the questions that people of the Niger Delta, and Nigerians in general, must answer for themselves today is whether the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has brought real development, or is capable of bringing real development, to the oil producing states of Nigeria. The other question is whether development commissions […]
Continue ReadingOn Monday, a rather dull drama erupted while the House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC investigated allegations of creative accounting in the commission. The acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, purportedly fainted during the probe while being grilled by the lawmakers. Like many other witnesses, I do not believe Pondei fainted […]
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