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I am not a social media addict. But I am addicted to the Social Media segment of the Kakaaki Morning Show, aired on the African Independent Television, AIT, Monday, through Friday. To my delight, a number of my friends are also addicted to it. So, some mornings, we have a good laugh discussing the contents. […]
Continue Reading“A lie’s greatest defence is to tell the lie and hope that no one will counter it with the truth.” Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has struck again! Far from using his prodigious intellectual prowess to document for posterity the reigning anomalies in governance, or dramatise in vivid details this calamitous moment of our national […]
Continue ReadingOne of the cheering news that came from the Nigeria Police Force last week was the redeployment of its head of the Complaint Response Unit, Assistant Commissioner of Police Abayomi Shogunle, to a rural region of the country. With any luck, Shogunle finding himself without a Twitter soapbox will restrain him from doing further harm […]
Continue ReadingLast Sunday in Kano, a city where millions of young people are neither in school nor meaningfully engaged, an official wedding was organised for 1,500 couples at the cost of N300 million by the state government. “The beneficiaries were selected from each of the 44 LGAs of the state by the committee shouldered with the […]
Continue ReadingGovernment is a continuum, it is often said. As such, nothing stops a new administration (and its officials) and from continuing with the policies and projects started by its predecessor, irrespective of party affiliation or ideology. Indeed, this has become the norm in Nigeria where there is hardly any distinction between the two major political […]
Continue ReadingAfter the armistice that ended the Kiriji War in 1893, the Yoruba embraced peace and grew in liberalism and pacifism. In principle, the Yoruba places long-term societal progress over short-term harm through physical aggression. From years of fratricidal wars between its sub-ethnicities, the Yoruba learnt valuable lessons in mental strength; that the ability to overcome […]
Continue ReadingIn January 2019, President Obasanjo burst again on the political scene in Nigeria with a 16-page broadside which he entitled: “Points for Concern and Action.” In this, he alleged that the upcoming 2019 presidential election was already shaping out to be nothing more than a self-succession project for President Buhari: “They have started recruiting collation […]
Continue Reading“Thank God President Buhari is back in the country. I feel some kind of relief.” “What is your own? Are you his son? And what is wrong in a man taking some time off work and returning 10 days later.” “But you will agree with me that private visit to the United Kingdom more or […]
Continue ReadingWhen I wrote Visit the Mortuary in the Sunday Times early in 1974, the motive was to draw attention to the emerging decay in our national ethos brought about by the emergency millionaires created by the Civil War, the Udoji bonanza, and the untouchables in the Gowon administration. It was the era of lavish parties […]
Continue ReadingPenultimate week, we had discussed the above issue which generated a lot of debate going by the number of mails I received from readers. While the debate continues, I will like to use this medium to deepen the discussion and publish some of the interesting feedbacks I received. Let me quickly go to this misleading […]
Continue ReadingA week ago, Mr Femi Falana, the human rights lawyer, raised the alarm that the Nigerian Navy had been holding 15 Nigerian citizens captive without trial since September 2018. Worse still, one of them got a court order to be released from illegal detention but the naval authorities have ignored it — which, to be […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, by the 29th of May, two thousand and nineteen years after the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, the present government of President Muhammadu Buhari would have fully completed and exhausted four incredible years in power. It would have been four years of however you wish and want to describe if, good or […]
Continue ReadingOne of my neurotic dispositions is phobia for flying. As bad and increasingly dangerous road travels in Nigeria has become, you still find me frequently travelling by road between Lagos and Abuja. I use the excuse of stop over at home in the Ekiti midway between the two destinations to rationalise the habit. In psychoanalysing […]
Continue ReadingSince he became the Chief of Army Staff, a pattern of narcissism has followed the pronouncements and actions of Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai. Even the military under him comes up with funny ideas such as setting up zoos and parks in barracks, establishing cattle ranches, and producing military vehicles. Buratai’s latest offering is the […]
Continue ReadingThe slaughter in Zamfara’s fields of gold, the kidnappings on Abuja-Kaduna road and the general insecurity in the land is not unexpected. These are the shapes of what is coming. To students of history and politics, this chaotic turn into anarchy and loss of control, is what obtains in a kakistocracy – “a system of […]
Continue ReadingThe 2019 presidential election, in which Muhammadu Buhari was declared winner, has continued to generate tension. The main opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has since filed a petition at the election tribunal. But he did not stop there. Mr. Abubakar has embarked on an aggressive global campaign that attempts to paint a grim picture of two […]
Continue ReadingDr. Reuben Abati, a one-time Chairman of the Editorial Board of The Guardian Newspaper, an ex-presidential spokesman, a former Deputy Governorship candidate on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a presenter on Arise Television, who is also a columnist with ThisDay Newspaper, does not require further introduction. He was a puritan media man turned […]
Continue Reading“You look dull. I hope you are good” “What else can the son of man do, with all the problems on someone’s head in this country?” “What happened? Your team messed up in the Premier League? Is your problem David De Gea?” “No” “May be the Arsenal coach then, because that match Arsenal played against […]
Continue ReadingLast Tuesday the Minority Report and Draft Constitution for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1976, was publicly presented at the University of Lagos. The historical context of revisiting the 43-year old document is bound to generate hope with an admixture of regrets. A quick reminder might be necessary at this juncture. As part of the […]
Continue ReadingThe vexed issue of restructuring was on the front burner at the just concluded national retreat held by Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) in Ekiti State. In an address to the Group, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State called on the proponents of restructuring in the Southwest zone of Nigeria to be more tactical in their approach in […]
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