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First, my sympathies to the peoples of the Niger Delta.They are, in a manner of speaking, a tragic micro victim of a macro Nigeria victim. Alongside lumbering Nigeria, they must be contemplating life after oil – with the terminal lifespan of the oil industry in active and acute contemplation. After enduring a lifelong gratification of […]
Continue ReadingCluelessness is a harbinger of fear and falsity. Ignorance falls for it embracing same as truth. Facts are more often free and accessible, but only for those who care to dig up on them. In this present world of social media and its rangy sensationalism, falsity, unfortunately, is as free as the air we breathe. […]
Continue ReadingFor the first time in a long while, I heard the coldblooded leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau lamenting. The cry was sweet music to my ears as President Idriss Deby led the Chadian army to pound Shekau and his insane boys, who have been inflicting unprecedented pain on hapless Nigerians in the North-east. Few […]
Continue ReadingRumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any substance or element of truth in the rumoured presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then, he will have to take some serious steps for it to become a reality. Charity, they say, begins at home! For him to be sellable to the majority of Nigerians, Tinubu must metamorphose into that […]
Continue ReadingThe governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi received great plaudits across the aisles for the robust EkitiKete food bank for vulnerable households, to ameliorate the punishing effects of the COVID-19 lockdown crisis. According to the governor in his speech, “The relief materials, which are in the form of food packs, are to be distributed […]
Continue ReadingThe cowardly nature of Nigerians against their leaders manifested with the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. When some political leaders or their relatives announced that they had contracted the coronavirus disease, many Nigerians, especially on social media, were jubilant. Their argument was that God was punishing Nigerian politicians for their corruption, mismanagement, greed, insensitivity, […]
Continue ReadingIn the past few days, I have watched several videos of my former pastor, Chris Oyakhilome, rehashing conspiracy theories that linked 5G technology with COVID-19. It has been a deeply embarrassing experience for me, watching him talk so confidently about what he has not even tried to understand. Oyakhilome’s church, Christ Embassy, has many upwardly mobile […]
Continue ReadingAs we practice social distancing, it is important to practice mental distancing as well. This means staying away from certain categories of people: Quack doctors who claim they have a cure for coronavirus; fake prophets who tell tales of how they saw this virus coming and can end it; conspiracy theorists who argue that this […]
Continue ReadingBefore the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the globe, Nigeria spent 42 per cent of her earnings on debt servicing. We have arrived at a new reality today: Even if we devote 100 per cent of our income to rebuilding our economy, it still will not be enough. COVID-19 has wreaked such damage to the world’s […]
Continue Reading“Social distancing is a privilege. It means you live in a house large enough to practise it. Hand washing is a privilege too. It means you have access to running water. Hand sanitisers are a privilege. It means you have money to buy them. Lockdowns are a privilege. It means you can afford to be […]
Continue ReadingBefore 1975, the name ‘Gabber’ meant nothing to me. It was just any other nice-sounding moniker. But after I watched Sholay, India’s most successful movie in the last 50 years, at Rainbow Cinema, Mushin, Lagos, in the mid 70s, I began to hold the name in suspicion. Gabber’s initials are GS. He’s the supervillain in […]
Continue ReadingYour Excellency, I bring you good tidings today Sir. Let me confess that I’m actually in the mood to commend you for the first time since those early days of your Presidency in 2015. At that time, your coming to power had attracted national and international acclaim. The whole world applauded and extolled you and […]
Continue ReadingThis is one of the most profound statements about the human race you will ever come across: “We were all humans until race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us and wealth classified us.” I don’t know the author (I’ve seen it attributed to Susan Boerner, the American artist) but I know one thing: […]
Continue ReadingEven though marriage is regarded as the answer to loneliness, times like this can also make marriage an affliction for couples who have long lost emotional connection and now confined together in the same space all day either working from home or staying at home. This period of isolation can either make or break your […]
Continue Reading“Leadership is not about a title or about a designation. It’s about impact, influence, and inspiration.” – Robin S. Sharma Author of “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” The Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the world as we knew it. By the time this is all over and, hopefully, treatment and vaccine developed, economies […]
Continue ReadingThis is the new age of a pandemic pandemonium. COVID-19 has set the globe on bonfires. From New York to New Jersey; and from New Orleans to New Mexico; nothing is standing at ease. All things are standing still. The novel nature of the disease makes predictions about its end-game very difficult. What is certain […]
Continue ReadingAmong the many different Nigerian interpretations of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, I have extracted three. First is the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, who claimed God allowed the disease to afflict the human race “only to redirect our steps back to Him.” He urged us to beg God for forgiveness to end […]
Continue Reading“Social distancing is a privilege. It means you live in a house large enough to practise it. Hand washing is a privilege too. It means you have access to running water. Hand sanitisers are a privilege. It means you have money to buy them. Lockdowns are a privilege. It means you can afford to be […]
Continue ReadingConstitutional lawyers and our elected representatives should kindly step into this and educate us, mere lay minds. The worst development I can conceive is to have a situation where rational measures for the containment of the coronavirus pandemic are rejected on account of their questionable genesis. This is a time for Unity of Purpose, not […]
Continue ReadingIn his play, Madmen and Specialists, Wole Soyinka acknowledges evil as a potent force of history. At the climactic moment, the deranged professor protagonist admits the role of his own evil essence with a caveat: ‘Poison has its uses. You can either use it to kill or to cure’. This could be a fitting summation […]
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