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Fellow Nigerians, these are very interesting and humorous times indeed! Barely one week after the Big Brother Naija show was concluded, ending our light relief, some restless Nigerians have started their own nebulous reality show in earnest. To say Nigerians are well endowed with fecund imaginations and fantastic creativity would be an understatement. This is […]
Continue ReadingOn October 2, the Communication Tax Bill 2019 (SB.12) sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume, chairman of the Senate Committee on Army passed its first reading at plenary. If the bill succeeds, the tax would be levied on electronic communication services such as voice calls, SMS, MMS, data usage, pay per view TV stations etc., at […]
Continue ReadingQuestion: Will somebody like you go on exile if President Muhammadu Buhari is re-elected? Answer: You must be a mind reader, of course, there is a likelihood of that because he is going to come back more vindictive. Then there is going to be intense power play within his own circles because his incapacity can […]
Continue ReadingMr Agba Jalingo, a journalist and human rights activist, is presently undergoing trial for criticizing the administration of Professor Ben Ayade, the Executive Governor of Cross River State. He was arrested by the operatives of the Nigerian Police Force in Lagos on August 22 and subsequently moved to Calabar where he was charged to court on […]
Continue ReadingMotivated by media reports of habitual harassment and abuse of young women over a period of three decades by powerful Hollywood director Harvey Weinstein, Alyssa Milano on 15th October, 2017 tweeted: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted, write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” Within a period of 24 hours, the hashtag […]
Continue ReadingIt was only last week that Dr. Alex Otti rebuked on this page those who focus on the “juicy” ministries rather than the responsibility and competence of the ministers to hold their respective offices. Otti wants the business of economic management to be taken more seriously in terms of sound policy conception and efficient implementation. […]
Continue ReadingLast week, Nigeria marked her 59th anniversary of Independence from the United Kingdom. As the cliché goes, it was time for sober reflection. In 2014, Nigeria celebrated 100 years of nationhood. It was another opportunity for Nigerians to debate if Nigeria had lived up to expectations. Many Nigerians would readily agree that Nigeria has not […]
Continue ReadingRwanda does not hide the fact that she is a coquette. From the moment you land at the Rwanda International Airport, Kigali, the irresistible mermaid which Rwanda lets loose on you, begins to openly seduce you, making salacious passes and daring you to resist her bewitching beauty. She does not pretend that she is seeking […]
Continue ReadingNo one is in any doubt that terrorism poses one of the gravest threats to humanity in today’s world. Here in Nigeria, within a decade and a little, unconscionable acts of violence by persons pursuing heinous ideological, religious, and political objectives has resulted in wanton destruction of lives and property, making Nigeria one of the […]
Continue ReadingThe recent decision of the Chinese government to convert some 600 universities to polytechnics took one’s mind back to the largely utilitarian teachings of Confucius of ancient China. It was a this-worldly philosophy that played to the people’s most basic inclinations towards spiritual indolence and intellectual aspirations that fanned the ego in a subterranean sort […]
Continue ReadingOne of challenges most couples face when dealing with their finances in marriage is the lack of understanding of individual financial strength as well as potential shortfalls. Understanding your partner’s financial language from the start is key to enjoying financial harmony in your marriage. As much as it is great to marry a spouse who […]
Continue ReadingHere we go again. Nigeria is set for a crisis over the implementation, or the non-implementation, of the new minimum wage. The federal government, empowered by the constitution to set the national minimum wage, had approved N30,000 after consultations with state governors, who meet regularly under the aegis of the National Economic Council (NEC), followed […]
Continue ReadingIn spite of Nigeria’s failings and foibles; in spite of her challenges and gobs of troubles; in spite of her citizens’ dimming hopes and faltering confidence in a flailing and labile economy; and in spite of the overwhelmingly dysfunctional system from coast to coast, very many patriotic Nigerians remain resolute in their hopes that the […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigerians congratulated themselves over the country’s 59th Independence anniversary on Tuesday, questions ran through my mind as to whether ours can indeed be said to be a country. And if not, whether it has made any progress in attaining that status or remained a mere geographic expression as Chief Obafemi Awolowo noted in his […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, the devil is a liar. Let me confess that everything that could go wrong went wrong and I almost didn’t write this column. In fact, I had sent a message to Yemi Adebowale, the Editor of Thisday on Saturday to that effect. The worst nightmare of any publication is when your writer suddenly […]
Continue ReadingTo mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Day today, I bring you the original article Flora Shaw, Frederick Lugard’s girlfriend (and later wife), wrote titled “Nigeria” in The Times (of London) on January 8, 1897 on p. 6 where she first proposed the name we are still known by. I requested my friend Professor Moses Ochonu to help me […]
Continue ReadingThe past two weeks were most humiliating for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. He was systematically denuded of the power due to his office, and reduced to “VP Academics” in the eyes of the public. He is now seen as consigned to running the official errands that require putting a debonair face to otherwise unpleasant tasks. […]
Continue ReadingSo much has happened in our country in the past one week that speak to the challenges confronting us after 59 years of independence. Last Thursday, following a police raid, as many as 300 boys were rescued from an Islamic Centre in Kaduna State. Many of the victims said they had been sexually molested and […]
Continue ReadingIn August 2018, one month after I ‘moved’ into a rented apartment, Ikeja Electric sent me a power consumption bill in excess of N22,000. This was daylight robbery; I knew there was no chance I’d have consumed a quarter of that — because even though the apartment was mine, it also wasn’t. What Ikeja Electric […]
Continue ReadingToday marks the 59th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence from British colonial rule. On Saturday, October 1, 1960, Nigerians gathered at the Race Course (now Tafawa Balewa Square) in Lagos as Princess Alexandra, the representative of Her Majesty the Queen of England handed over the instruments and symbols of independence to Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa. It […]
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