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Fellow Nigerians, this is one of those weeks when what you never planned decides to jam what you already planned. I had planned to write on my encounter with one of the youngest Presidential aspirants, Fela Durotoye, who visited me at home recently with his very creative wife, Tara. We spent some quality time together […]
Continue ReadingAs an economist I have an inquiring mind. What the profession teaches, in essence, is the need to keep asking questions. And for that reason, there is nothing called an ‘economic expert’, except you are an expert in asking questions. Anyone who says s/he is an expert in economics is a fraud, simple. Pay him or […]
Continue ReadingIf any other indication of the corruption-ridden nature of this governmental dispensation is needed, this can be inferred from the conduct of the Ondo, Ekiti and Osun States’ elections. Beyond other atrocious manipulations, the attribute that stood clearly to be counted by observers in those dress rehearsal elections, was the unanimity of opinion on the […]
Continue ReadingAs the countdown to Christmas Day commences the true meaning of the birth of Jesus Christ will be lost in a whirl wind of activity in the preparation for the festive period, buying presents and sending Christmas cards, decorating the house and other things. Others will be dreaming of what to wear to church while […]
Continue ReadingThere is a way in which one can see a parody of Nigeria in the movie, ‘Chief Daddy’: the chaos caused by having numerous children from different women who were not aware of the existence of one another, the dysfunctionality in the family that bred corruption and the mutual suspicions and recriminations that rendered difficult […]
Continue ReadingWhen the overpampered kids, inside the national assembly booed Mr President as he presented the national budget for the year 2019, little, I suppose, did they know how the people view them, nor, even, their reckoning in the scheme of the citizens. Apart from being a creation of our constitution, that assembly, because of the […]
Continue ReadingThe kernel of this essay is to show the legal realities of three types of marriage being entered into by a single individual in his or her quest to satisfy Nigerian tradition, religious belief and makes the contract legally binding on parties under the Marriage and the Matrimonial Causes Acts. The essay will center on […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Christmas! But quite a pity that as we celebrate today, the symbolism of Christmas, its religious essence is lost on us; its meaning is less apparent in our lives. When the world was gifted with the birth of God’s own Son, through immaculate conception, the Heavens rejoiced, men proclaimed the arrival of the Messiah, […]
Continue ReadingThere is the hoax that the People Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar was wanted in the USA for money laundering charges hence he could not visit that country also constituted itself into a dark cloud on the political horizon and therefore a distraction as well as a […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, let me say on this page what I have been saying privately to my friends in Nigeria’s ruling party, APC. I must confess that I have much more friends in APC than in any other party. It is also frustrating to me that some of my preferred Presidential candidates are not in either […]
Continue ReadingTwo years ago, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration adopted the Whistleblower policy as a component of the fight against corruption. The introduction of the policy was sequel to the deliberate refusal of the national assembly to pass the Whistleblower Bill sponsored by some legislators in 2007. Like the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and Bank Verification […]
Continue ReadingThe circumstances under which Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh died on Tuesday underscore the gravity of the security challenge facing us in Nigeria today. Whatever may have been the motive of his assailants, that a whole former Chief of Defence Staff could be taken out just like that is very telling of how unsafe our […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Muazu, have had a meeting held behind closed door. The duo’s meeting was held at the vice president’s office at the presidential villa in Abuja and which reports say lasted for about two hours. The PDP chairman […]
Continue Reading“That’s him, that’s him,” the two old women, wrinkled and bent with age, exclaimed. You could see wonderment and fulfillment in their eyes. And as if on cue, they both began to cry. It was in Bauchi earlier this year. President Muhammadu Buhari was visiting to commiserate with the people on the ravages of windstorm, […]
Continue ReadingOn the occasion of his 76thbirthday, on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari who is running for a second term in office, was quoted as having said that he needs more time in office. More time in office means: “vote for me for another term of four years.” “Allow me to serve you as your President for […]
Continue ReadingIn a country of 91 political parties in theory but just two in practice, a vice-presidential debate was always going to be a hard sell. For many reasons. When the Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) announced the five parties to participate in the exercise, not many Nigerians could, […]
Continue Reading“One of the questions that came up today in my meeting with Nigerians in Poland was on the issue of whether I’ve been cloned or not. The ignorant rumours are not surprising. When I was away on medical vacation last year a lot of people hoped I was dead. I can assure you all that […]
Continue ReadingKoko: Why would a man accuse a woman of trapping him with pregnancy? Kaka: Well if the woman decided to get pregnant without the man’s consent… Koko: Is that even possible? How can a woman get pregnant without her man’s consent? Will she impregnate herself? Kaka: You know some women are mean. They will just […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, let me say how worried I’m about our dear beloved country Nigeria. Yes. I’m troubled because of how much we have allowed politics and politicking to turn our land into a playground of beasts and vampires. It is sad, very sad. Just yesterday, an old friend woke me up from my deep sleep. […]
Continue ReadingIn case you missed it, 71 reps have tabled a bill before the house proposing the adoption of a parliamentary system of government in Nigeria. For some reason, this major development is not trending. But I find the proposal very interesting, in fact exciting. As a staunch advocate of restructuring (not to be confused with […]
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