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Nobody spoils a man’s life like Jesus. Jesus is a killer of all worldly joy. God’s attitude to the world is often lost on many. God hates the world system. The world hated Jesus and killed him. Therefore, anyone who is a lover of pleasure; anyone who likes this world becomes an enemy of God. […]
Continue ReadingLast night, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc held its 2019 CEO Awards Ceremony, to which I was invited. This year, the bank is celebrating its 70th anniversary — having been established as the French & British Bank Limited (B&FB) in 1949. It took the name “United Bank for Africa” in 1961 following its […]
Continue ReadingFellow Africans, let me start by expressing my unflinching love for Africa and all Africans, regardless of race, gender or colour. My love of Africa was ignited by my older Brother, Professor Ezekiel Oladele Bolarinwa Ajayi, a Physicist who got his PhD from Stanford but, in the course of his university education there, encountered racism […]
Continue ReadingAfter a long drawn out process, the 2019 general election in Rivers State finally came to an end on Saturday, April 13. Like many of the recent elections in the State, it came with lots of drama, tension and violence, much of which were totally unnecessary. We thank God Almighty for guiding us through it […]
Continue ReadingToo often, the interrogation of Nigerian politics by our public intellectuals comes from a conceited perspective. It is easy to see condescension in reports from the field by those who venture into the arena. With a history of serial disappointment in politics, the intelligentsia readily fronts this nose-thumping attitude. With much of the thought rarefied, […]
Continue ReadingMy attention was drawn to Abimbola Adelakun’s back page column published in The Punch of Thursday, April 18, 2019, in which she criticised the University of Ibadan and vilified its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abel Olayinka, over the suspension of the President of the institution’s Students’ Union, Ojo Aderemi. I read the article with shock and bewilderment […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, I joined journalists from 25 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Eurasia for the inaugural session of the Belt and Road News Network (BRNN) Council. Coordinated by Peoples Daily, the official newspaper of the central committee of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), with membership from 182 media […]
Continue Reading“No more free money”. Some of us deployed this cliché with excitement when Buhari won the presidential election in 2015. It has since become a mantra for Buhari’s most ardent followers who use it derisively to signpost their anger and disdain of the elite, as the economy bites harder. To his supporters, President Buhari can […]
Continue ReadingThe direct impulse to the writing of this piece came from six separate inspections trips of the new 158.5km, double-track Standard Gauge railway line from Ibadan to Lagos which is about to be flagged off for use in December. Those inspection trips, which were spread out over a one-year period, were in the company of […]
Continue ReadingWe are born into this world and as soon as we are old enough to understand we start to question why we are on this planet. Nobody really knows! So we follow a pre-determined course: we go to school to get a qualification or learn a trade, marry and start a family. Over time we […]
Continue ReadingIn the past two weeks a very famous video clip has gone viral. It’s the video of Senator Sola Adeyeye as he waxed philosophical on the floor of the Nigerian Senate. I decided to respond to him for several reasons, notably that Nigerians being very emotional people get carried away with great oratory, while ignoring […]
Continue ReadingI believe we all have that one family member who thinks that he or she has the right to intrude into your schedule and order you around. When they call you, they won’t give up until you pick their calls. And these people, they can call you liked a hundred times. Send text messages. Whatsapp. […]
Continue ReadingIn July 2005, aboard an Egypt Air flight from Cairo to Lagos, a number of Nigerians spent hours discussing the state of the nation. We were from different parts of the country and different religions. We discussed virtually every topic — from the horrible roads to the unending importation of petroleum products, from the inhospitable […]
Continue Reading“It is really crunch time. This harvest of despair is the product of many years of servile bondage, repression, suppression, deliberate pauperization of the people and placing their destinies and lives at impossible angles. My late father used to warn the Northern elite. This is morning yet, the Somalization of the far North is fast […]
Continue ReadingOh, for the days of great passion! No, not the type that makes your breast heave in rapturous wonder at a lovely creature standing before you. I’m thinking more of the type that makes men to go out in search of great discoveries for the benefit of mankind. I’m thinking, for example, of scientists who offered, […]
Continue ReadingIf you have been following the argument by proponents of ‘true federalism’ and/or ‘restructuring’, one of the tracks that has been on constant rotation is this one – ‘Let us go back to the 1963 Constitution’. It does not matter if most of the vociferous back-up singers have neither seen the Constitution nor know what […]
Continue ReadingAs a concerned citizen and student of Nigerian politics, I was relived at the emergence of former Vice Atiku Abubakar as the main contender with President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential elections. The relief is on account of the immunity of their shared Northern (Fulani) Moslem identity against the potential of presidential elections in […]
Continue ReadingThe Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, responded to the issue of the suspension of student union activities in the institution and his article turned out to be more revealing of him and his style of administration than he probably intended. The piece was supposed to be his side of the story, […]
Continue ReadingThat those saddled with the responsibility of protecting Nigerians are beginning to behave like assassins is a troubling challenge the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Muhammad Adamu has decided to confront. Henceforth, electro-muscular disruption technology known as teaser will replace the use of firearms for routine patrols, arrest duties and other low-risk operations. […]
Continue ReadingDiversity and a dynamic opposition are twin catalysts for effective democratic leadership. This explains why Nigeria owes a debt of gratitude to patriots, most notably, Ogbonnaya Onu, Bola Tinubu, and Muhammadu Buhari for sustaining the opposition movement, which culminated in the birth of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Similar kudos ought to go to former […]
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