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“The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” Steven Biko (1946-1977) Steven Biko was a revolutionary whose anti-apartheid struggles helped to abolish the despicable regime. As a student, he was so brilliant that on some occasions, he was promoted over and above his peers. He actually jumped some classes as […]
Continue ReadingI have written a few weeks back about the lamentation of the 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi II. However, the critical mass of Nigerians still seems to be going about their daily social activities as if nothing frightening is in the offing. Indeed, something frightening is in the offing! In reality, similar situations […]
Continue ReadingBefore he was sworn in as President in May 2015, Muhammadu Buhari, without prompting from anybody, publicly told his immediate and extended family members to stand back from his incoming government. He even warned that any family member who used his name to peddle influence would face dire consequences. I was so impressed by this […]
Continue ReadingSenator Mohammed Sani Musa’s anti-social media bill, now making its way through Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber in the Senate, is worse than a throwback to the worst years of Nigeria’s experience of military rule. It is a hubristic act of inter-generational warfare that must be resisted and defeated. A Senate comprising essentially an analogue generation, […]
Continue ReadingYou would not give him credit no matter what he does, would you? Let us cut the pretence. You simply want this administration to bumble: a foil for wanting your country to fail. So, the issue really is not about whether President Muhammadu Buhari is performing as a President or not. It is about your […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, let me confess right away that I’m a realist. If you like, call me chicken-hearted or lily-livered. No worries. All I know is that I was taught many lessons by the wisdom of the ancients. Let me share a few of them with you. One. If we cannot move forward, we must know […]
Continue ReadingIt was Andrew Napolitano, a former US judge and now Fox News analyst who wrote sometime ago, at the height of claims that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) might have abused its powers by inserting a spy/spies in the Trump Campaign Organisation to gather intelligence about its contacts and interactions, that “liberty is rarely […]
Continue ReadingHuman beings are conceived in the reproductive fallopian space of a woman. That is where the semen of man and woman biologically kiss up to each other in tango. In the aftermath; tiny precious species with breath in their fragile burgeoning lungs and delicate developing nostrils are formed. As fetus; you were carried in the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s government record on the rule of law is chilling. Since assuming power on May 29, 2015, he has shown a stunning disregard for the rule of law and human rights, ignoring Nigerian judges on at least 40 occasions. And he seems to be getting away with it. The fight against corruption has […]
Continue ReadingTo understand how badly Nigeria’s democratic ethos has sunk, look no further than the desperation of the advocacy organisation, Soico-Economic Rights Advocacy Project. They resorted to begging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Portal Welby, to appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the law on Omoyele Sowore’s case. That’s right. We now have […]
Continue ReadingWhat do you think will happen in Bayelsa and Kogi States this coming Saturday? The question was posed to me last week Monday by a prominent citizen who considered my political opinion to be of some value. “Let’s start with Kogi,” I replied. “If performance in office dictates incumbent election results, Yahaya Bello should lose […]
Continue ReadingAs a physical activity advocate, friends and acquaintances often get “defensive” by impressing on me how they have started or are planning to start regular exercise to lose weight. As the new year is fast approaching, it would not be too long before it gets busy in the gyms, sadly, for a short-lived goal of […]
Continue ReadingPrebendalism was coined by Richard Joseph to describe what has become a central feature of Nigerian politics and governance. In his book, Democracy and Prebendal Politics (1987), he used prebendalism to describe the appropriation of state offices by officials and the diversion of their resources to serve themselves, their cronies and their affiliated ethnic and other identity […]
Continue ReadingWhen, in October, President Muhammadu Buhari presented to the National Assembly the Appropriation Bill for 2020, he submitted along with the budget proposal as it is known, a Fiscal Strategy or Finance Bill, 2019. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning has since then spoken about the importance of the Finance Bill, to the […]
Continue ReadingHumility rarely resides in little bodies. As youngsters, short-man-devil was the jocular name we had for guys with brief physiques. We also had a name for the bumbling tall fellas, who threw their heights about as though tallness counted for wisdom. We called them Dagini Dooro, which is neither a baptismal name nor a name […]
Continue ReadingToday is exactly two years since the cold hands of death took our former Vice President, erudite, incorruptible, unassuming and astute Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme. His burial was a deserving state burial. The tributes from erstwhile political foes and friends poured ceaseless encomiums on him as a statesman. It is amazing how Nigerians, friends and […]
Continue ReadingBeing paper presented at the Convocation lecture, University of Ibadan, on Thursday, November 11, 2019 by Professor Attahiru Jega, former chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and now a Professor of Political Science, Bayero University in Kano. He analysed elections in Nigeria, the flaws that characterise them, how to ensure their integrity and the […]
Continue ReadingHow about this? By 2030 — that’s a little over 10 years from now — no Nigerian child will die from preventable diseases such as malaria, pneumonia and malnutrition; all children will receive quality basic education, and their parents will not have to be politicians or bankers; and discrimination against the girl-child will end. These […]
Continue ReadingOn a beautiful Sunday morning during a church service, a pastor gave a message he said was from God to every member in attendance. Pastor told his parishioners that God had given an instruction that when every member got back home, they should lift up their one big nagging problem before God in a special […]
Continue ReadingMamman Daura, the guileful, influence-peddling son of Buhari’s oldest half-brother who rules Nigeria from the background of the “Glass House” in the Presidential Villa, turned 80 on November 9. After sponsoring a cornucopia of hagiographic birthday tributes in newspapers, Daura jetted forth to London—along with more than 30 family members—to celebrate at a high-priced London […]
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