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On Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria visited President Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him on his re-election. During their visit, they urged the President to observe religious balance in the composition of his cabinet in his second term. They also requested that, for the 9th National Assembly, either the Senate President or Speaker of the […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday night, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) assisted the arrival of a charter flight carrying 160 stranded Nigerian migrants returning from Libya to Lagos. It was the 64th of such charter flights since the beginning of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration programme that has seen to the return of […]
Continue ReadingI ran for the Office of the President of Nigeria in the 2019 elections, campaigning across 30 states of the country in a grueling 12-month marathon of road trips and commercial flights, market visits (with lots of dancing in the public square!), road caravans and town halls, and issue-based messaging across various media platforms. Like […]
Continue ReadingDeath, captured in a box suspended in mid-air Slowly ascending to land on a rock too far to see. The phantom is bold Killing the scion of creativity and talent A Fallen Branch None of us can determine the frequency of death and predict the timing of its occurrence. You and I are slaves to […]
Continue ReadingIn a Report titled The Misery Index 2018 authored by Dr. Steve Hanke of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, Nigerians have been labelled the sixth most miserable people in the world. The misery index was introduced in the 1970s by Arthur Okun, an American economist, author of the seminal work, Equality and Efficiency: […]
Continue ReadingThe news that Nigeria was rated as the sixth most miserable country has been on the lips of many Nigerians since the weekend. As usual, politics was brought into it, as anybody who complains about the unflattering economic situation in Nigeria is tagged an enemy of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, […]
Continue ReadingMe: When will you stop this nonsense? Thug: Which of the nonsenses? Me: So you agree that you are involved in all kinds of shenanigans? Thug: The fact that something does not make sense to you does not make it nonsense. What I’m doing makes a lot of sense to me. I’ll suggest you mind […]
Continue ReadingMarch 23, 2019 will go down in history as one of the darkest days in the history of the great State of Kano. It was the day the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shocked the people of Kano by conducting, undoubtedly, the most shameful, shambolic and utterly-disgraceful election in the State’s history. It was a […]
Continue ReadingWith the exception of Rivers state — where former friends are at war — governorship elections have been concluded across Nigeria on the not-so-unfamiliar note: the good, the bad and the ugly. As typical of Nigerian politicians, if they win, “the election was free and fair”; if they lose, “the election was rigged”. No politician […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, I’m sure you are probably familiar with the stories of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Yes, stories, for he was a man of many parts. MKO, as he was fondly called, had three initials that were synonymous with money (Money, Kudi, Owo). Each of the stories around him was the stuff of fiction, […]
Continue ReadingThe late former Chief of Army Staff in the military regime of President Ibrahim Babangida, Lt. General Salihu Ibrahim once described the Nigerian Army as an “army of anything goes”. He was lamenting the unprofessionalism and politicisation that had permeated the military; the misuse of the army to achieve the selfish and winding ambition of […]
Continue ReadingSuccess Adegor is the latest face of Nigeria’s poverty-porn, a tale that excites as much as it outrages. Success became a sensation, the Nigerian Malala Yousafzai who wanted to risk flogging so that she does not miss a Mathematics examination. Her story – and that of other viral Nigerians – is relevant for evaluating the […]
Continue ReadingTwo years ago, following the convocation ceremony of a private university where 188 students graduated with first class degrees, there was an online discussion on the lack of quality control in our educational sector. According to the report that generated the conversation, 568 other students obtained second class upper degrees while 322 graduated with second […]
Continue ReadingIt is an undeniable fact that it was the struggle of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) as well as other patriotic forces for the indigenization of the oil and gas industry which culminated in the enactment of the […]
Continue ReadingThe 2019 general election in Nigeria has been described by international and local observers, stakeholders, direct participants and the electorate themselves as a “disappointment”, “ a bad day for democracy”, “a step back from whatever Nigeria may have achieved since the return to civilian rule,”, “a shameful exercise”, “below par”, “an affront on international standards […]
Continue ReadingWith the 2019 General Elections successfully put behind us, Nigerians may now access some semblance of peace. With the contenders and the pretenders having made a choice between ‘clinking glasses’ and ‘licking wounds’, I have no doubt in my mind that the sleeping dog will, at least, for now, advance some respite. For us in […]
Continue ReadingThe history of census in Nigeria is all but summed up in the following excerpt: ‘Attempts to conduct a reliable post-independence census have been mired in controversy, and only one was officially accepted. The first attempt, in mid-1962, was cancelled after much controversy and allegations of over-counting in many areas. A second attempt in 1963, […]
Continue ReadingToday, March 24, makes it exactly two decades since Nigeria lost one of its foremost heroic figures, the late Major-General AbdulBaki Babatunde Idiagbon, to the cold hands of death. He was 56 years old. General Tunde Idiagbon, as he was simply known, was a celebrated soldier, an accomplished statesman and a remarkable ‘political figure’ who […]
Continue ReadingThe threat and trepidation that preceded February 23 polls are gone. Those who want to fret about March 9th are welcome to whatever size of stress they feel entitled to. Elections come and go. The taste they leave in our national growth is what it is, a taste left behind. We are a people who do […]
Continue ReadingIn case you missed it, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an advocacy group, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Muslim ministers from five south-west states when he constitutes his cabinet for his second term. Why? The group says because five of the south-west governors would be Christians, that is the way to go — […]
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