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May 30th, 2019 represents the 52nd anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of Biafra. I have written the following contribution to help mark that day. I hope it goes a long way to show where and when the trouble and challenges all started. I also hope that it widens and stimulates the debate about […]
Continue ReadingStrangely, but not entirely unexpectedly, even before the inauguration of recently elected persons into their respective political offices, the nation is virtually on the throes of another electioneering campaign. For some politicians and their acolytes, the elections of 2023 are already around the corner. It is obviously against this background that they are already poised […]
Continue ReadingSome 48 hours to his second term inauguration, the Nigerian Television Authority aired an interview with President Muhammadu Buhari. After almost serving out an entire term ignoring the local media, the President finally granted a token interview where they not only set him up in a congenial atmosphere with the state-run media, the interviewer too, […]
Continue ReadingAgain, marijuana has made its way to the front burner of public discourse, courtesy of the Ondo State governor, Arákùnrin Rotimi Akeredolu. He made a case for the cultivation of medical marijuana “in controlled plantations under the full supervision of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency” to take advantage of a market projected to be […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, last week, I wrote copiously about the importance of education in my life, and how it turned things around for me. This week, I will write about the importance of goodwill in a man’s life. You can go to the best schools, bag all the top and esoteric degrees available, but if your […]
Continue ReadingThere is no objection here to the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari as President two days ago; given the verdict of INEC after the last general elections. There is also no objection to the legal steps being taken by those who are challenging the INEC verdict. That is the beauty of democracy and we applaud […]
Continue ReadingLast Friday, the Supreme Court sent a strong statement to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as well as the entire political class in Nigeria. In declaring ‘wasted’ the votes secured by APC candidates in gubernatorial, national and state assembly elections in Zamfara, the message is simple: Only when rules and regulations governing elections are […]
Continue ReadingI have this hunch that by the time President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office after his second term, there may either be no Nigeria as properly so called or the nagging questions of our existence would have led to the ultimate violent resolution of our identity and leadership crises. Two issues that cropped up during the […]
Continue ReadingThese are very interesting times in Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress (APC) government has reportedly won a major election, but it is finding it difficult, if not impossible, to celebrate and enjoy its victory. Before the champagne could be uncorked, Atiku Abubakar had filed a case in court challenging the result, claiming it was fraudulent […]
Continue ReadingIn the lead up to the May 29, 2019 Inauguration Day, after the general elections in Nigeria – the end of a four-year term (2015 – 2019) and the beginning of another cycle of four years – as constitutionally prescribed -certain notable developments have occurred in the last few days, involving places, events and personalities […]
Continue ReadingAnyone thinking they can stop the rise of electric cars by ignoring it or wishing it away is burying his or her head in the sand like an ostrich and hoping that others do not see them. Electric cars are the future. There is no stopping them. It is not enough to be up to […]
Continue ReadingYour Excellency, I want to seize this opportunity to wish you the best of the Ramadan season as you prepare to be inaugurated for your second term in office. May the lessons of Ramadan — especially the aspects of sacrifice and service to God and humankind — guide your next steps as the leader of […]
Continue ReadingIntroduction Almost twenty years since the return to democracy, widespread corruption and impunity have continued to impede development and threaten democracy in Nigeria. In the period, successive administrations embarked on reforms to improve transparency and accountability, bolster confidence in the institutional arrangement, processes and operations of government and improve the business environment in Nigeria. Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, every now and then, I meet, or receive messages, from young Nigerians, in particular, and other Africans, in general, asking me to tell them the secrets of success. I often tell them there are no fast rules to being successful. Of course, the first thing is that success can be both objective and […]
Continue Reading“I have reflected over and over on my speech and I still don’t see what I said that is so wrong and offensive. I didn’t say the North cannot survive as a country. After all, Niger Republic is there with some help from Paris. I didn’t say that the North in the past had no […]
Continue ReadingI read an interesting Editorial piece in The Nation Newspapers of Monday, May 6, 2019, entitled: ‘Postmaster or Banker.’ The newspaper specifically advised the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to “focus on its core mandate”, instead of venturing into the “trickiest” business of ‘opening 2,000 Microfinance Bank (MFB) outlets.’ As a concerned Nigerian, I have decided to […]
Continue ReadingThe elections in South Africa are over. The unelected judiciary has less to do with the final list of elected and failed candidates than in Nigeria. Here judges and senior advocates of Nigeria – SANS – (some of them) are lined up to milk the unsuccessful and the successful candidates for billions. The call by […]
Continue ReadingThe most important of life’s battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul—David O. McKay Following the death in March 2017 of a medical doctor who jumped headlong into the lagoon off Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, I argued on this page that because some wounds can easily be […]
Continue ReadingSince the Fulani terrorists’ siege on the South-West began, the words of Ken Menkhaus has kept ringing in my ears: “Where governments have become deeply complicit in criminal activities…perpetuation of state failure is essential for the criminal enterprise to operate.” To those of us who recognise the vast criminal enterprise that Nigeria has become and the racket […]
Continue ReadingNo therapist has his/her work cut out for him/her while engaged in marriage counseling. As in many issues we have to deal with as human beings, there are many factors responsible for couples’ vow of “For Better For Worse” heading for the rocks before one knows it. In the olden days, at least in the […]
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