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“No state government, whether singly or in a group has the legal right and competence to establish any form of organisation or agency for the defence of Nigeria or any of its constituent parts”–Federal Government of Nigeria Not surprisingly, the federal government of President Muhammadu Buhari has, once again, acted true to type. The type […]
Continue ReadingThose who are familiar with the history of the Israelites will understand why their story in the wilderness will not be complete without a mention of how, at a stage, they had preferred being “slaves in Egypt” to being subjected to mass ignoble deaths “in the desert.” With the pathetic state of our country, it is unfortunate that such hopelessness and uncertain reality now define the lots of many Nigerians. […]
Continue ReadingNow that the Supreme Court has nullified the election of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of Imo State and declared the All Progressives Congress’ Hope Uzodinma the winner of the March 9, 2019 governorship election in the state, I owe it to readers of last week’s article to insist that God […]
Continue ReadingThere is a famous scene in Tunde Kelani’s movie, ‘Ti oluwa Ni ile’, which speaks to a time like this in our country. At his meeting with the two young men who were trying to co-opt him into the deal to sell a piece of sacred land which belongs to the entire community, Oloye Otun […]
Continue ReadingBeing human is rooted in consciousness. At the root of consciousness, is understanding the linkages between the past and the present. That is what is called history. History is inescapable, it is essential. In history we find our rooted markers, without which we lack a sense of identity. History allows us to build upon our […]
Continue ReadingThe Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards 2020 has come and gone – the event was held in Hurghada, Egypt on January 7, but the dust is yet to settle on what is now known as “the betrayal” of Asisat Oshoala. Asisat Oshoala, 25, is the winner of the CAF Africa Women Footballer of the […]
Continue ReadingThere is a high rate of infertility among couples in Nigeria and this is a challenge that is perceived differently in each socio-cultural context that it is experienced. As a result of this, solution to the problem is often adversely shaped by personal and public perceptions of the phenomenon. Going through the roller coaster of […]
Continue ReadingA debate has been raging on since two days ago about what animal exactly do Yorùbá refer to as Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn. One thing that amazes me is the number of people that erroneously believe and claim that Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn is leopard. This people gave link to website offering Yoruba names of different animals and lo and behold, […]
Continue ReadingFor many years, week after week, Shaka Momodu opens the sewers, and pours vitriol on President Muhammadu Buhari on the back page of THISDAY Newspapers. We ignore him, reasoning that when a mind is diseased, there is hardly much you can do to point such soul to decency. It remains impervious to anything not from […]
Continue ReadingWhich came first — the chicken or the egg? This is one of the most fascinating debates around. All chickens hatch from eggs and all the chicken eggs are laid by chickens. How then do you determine the cause and the effect? That is the “causality dilemma” we always have to deal with in certain […]
Continue ReadingThese days, I often wake up with my pillow soaked in tears. Tears for hapless Nigerians under the servitude of kidnappers, bandits and Boko Haram; tears for a country with coldblooded and unabashed failed leaders. For most of this week, the video of Lawan Andimi, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Michika […]
Continue ReadingBy his occasional exhortations to Nigerians during festive periods and in moments of national tragedies to live peacefully and in unity, the Nigerian Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari wants us to believe he is a uniter and not a divider. He preaches religious tolerance when acts of barbarism […]
Continue ReadingI just watched probably the saddest video I have ever seen in my life. It is a video on the website of The Cable and it shows the sheer number of private jets that landed in Maiduguri on December 28, 2019, bringing guests for the wedding ceremony of the son and daughter of Kyari Mele, […]
Continue ReadingMore than a decade ago when I first started writing this column, one of the articles I wrote was on Nigerian “Nostradamuses”. In that piece, I called out the culture of Nigerian pastors’ annual prophetical proclamations as a sham. I pointed out that most of what the religious leaders claimed to be divinely inspired visions […]
Continue ReadingIt is significant that President Muhammadu Buhari alluded to “time” concept three times in his letter to Nigerians on the 1st of January 2020. Time and timeliness are critical success factors in human development. The two major religions of Islam and Christianity stressed the importance of time for humanity. A number of verses in the […]
Continue ReadingA comment on one of my posts on Facebook got me thinking seriously. It reads, “The worst thing that can happen to a lady in Nigeria is to be a divorcee because you eventually turn to other men’s property. “No one will take you serious (ly). They will only use you and drop you -quite […]
Continue ReadingThe Buhari administration has given Nigerians a most unusual and disturbing New Year Gift, in the form of a proposed increase in electricity tariffs, enforceable from April by the Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) and to be completed by the end of 2021, with the full backing of the regulator, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). […]
Continue ReadingWhen I got a call from a concerned Nigerian lamenting that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state had pulled down the house of Senator Bukola Saraki, I knew truth had become a casualty in the demolition drama. For the record, the house of Bukola Saraki was not pulled down. What is in contention is the […]
Continue ReadingAfter watching the viral video of several Ilorin, Kwara State old women, referred to as arugbo in Yorubaland, pleading with the Kwara State governor, Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman, not to demolish the Ile Arugbo (Old people’s home) built for them by the old Kwara political warhorse, late Dr. Olusola Saraki, and his eventual demolition of the property […]
Continue ReadingThe list of governors pummeling critics in their states is growing by the day. These governors, who are averse to opposition, have been using security agents to silence and oppress opponents. State laws are also being misapplied to actualise their evil plans. We are at a level where governors order arrest of opponents and charge […]
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