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Muhammadu Buhari started his presidency with “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.” Will he end as a nobody’s man? Sometimes, and for some, it is gracious to maintain one’s lane, listen to your own vision, single, unattached. French statesman, Charles de Gaulle, who holds the copyright of “I am a man who belongs to […]
Continue ReadingThe best way to enjoy electioneering seasons is to be emotionally detached. The moment you are a player — or you are emotionally invested — you cannot have fun to the fullest. There will be too much tension and excitement racing through your blood. Too much prejudice will block your sight. You will cry when […]
Continue Reading“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” – William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2 Tamuno Igbikiberebima is an unlikely star in an action movie. He is a lawyer employed by Nigeria’s national hydro-carbons monopoly. On 17 December, 2020, Tamuno was at home in Rumuigbo, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers […]
Continue ReadingThe masses! The masses!! The poor people!!! This hapless demographic has always been the excuse, the crutch with which those who have truly held Nigeria down have gotten away with many things. We keep going round in circles, making policies while our situation keeps getting worse. However, if we simply follow the money, we will […]
Continue ReadingIn June, the Lagos State Government announced a policy document to guide safe abortions of pregnancy. The move was surprising. Abortion is one of those Nigerian realities we pretend does not exist. Abortion is hardly legal in Nigeria, but people still get it. From skilled doctors in their private hospitals to unskilled drug dispensers in local […]
Continue ReadingOne ugly reality constantly being seen is men who run with their excesses, often to the detriment of all they should hold dear. A major monster that is tormenting today’s marriages is the avalanche of unwholesome views all over the social media, which are finding their way to the hearts of married women. The attitude […]
Continue ReadingThe more the economy tightens, the more difficult it is for men, especially, to get married. Consequently, the marriage age for men rises. I checked the age at which my father and his brothers, cousins and friends married in the 1950s and 1960s. I found out that it was within their mid-20s. My father, in […]
Continue ReadingOvation publisher Chief Dele Momodu popularized the expression “owners of Nigeria” to denote a coterie of power brokers and traffickers of influence who habitually sit in conclave to teleguide the choice of political leaders, particularly presidents, and to whom everyday Nigerians are helpless political captives. Although they peddle influence and engage in elitist exclusion, “owners […]
Continue Reading“Omo, this thing is getting serious oh. E be like say make man begin prepare for war in this our obodo Nigeria” “Which war? Go and calm down, my friend. It is only children that talk about war. The one they started in Ukraine, the whole world does not know how to end it, you […]
Continue ReadingHow to Rig an Election’ is one of the newest books in my library. I have all sorts of friends with a taste for weird writings. One of them, Tayo Koleoso from Saki, Oyo State, but based in the United States, bought and sent a copy of that book to me two weeks ago. “You […]
Continue ReadingWhen an unpleasant marital issue trends, opinions on marriage, especially in social media, begin to fly. Currently, women are being advised to not love, lift fingers or struggle with a man, lest she ends up used. Where such a mindset perpetuates, is that still a marriage? Would you be okay to receive the same energy […]
Continue ReadingNearly 10 years ago, my childhood friends and I bought land in the village. My thinking was that I would, once in a while, spend the weekend at the countryside to experience a different ambience away from the hustle and bustle of Lagos — my home for the past 33 years. I had to abandon […]
Continue ReadingIn 1930s Nigeria there were, shall we say, strong opinions about the status and role of women in society. In any case, the 1922 Constitution named after Sir Hugh Clifford, who was governor-general from 1919 to 1925, had seen to it that women had no voice. The Constitution allowed electoral rights for adult males who must […]
Continue ReadingSome of our fellow country people have made a nasty habit of finding justification for virtually every instance of vulgarism. Whether such vulgar act revolves around power abuse, lack of accountability code, ethical violations, or any other random act of indecency, these people will insist on its propriety. They can be so fiery in their […]
Continue ReadingYou may accuse President Muhammadu Buhari of many things but not flippancy. He is a man who rarely speaks and on the few occasions he does, he picks his words. So, when a man like that concludes a prepared text at a public ceremony and then adds that he has a personal experience to share […]
Continue ReadingThough wife of the Nigerian president, Aisha Buhari, has discontinued her defamation case against Aminu Adamu, the final year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, the court of public opinion cannot afford to throw the issue into the dustbin. In what was the Nigerian First Lady’s most recent controversy, having allegedly ordered the […]
Continue ReadingIf you fall into the category of those who believe that victory in next year’s presidential election in Nigeria will be determined strictly by candidates’ competence, savvy intellectual endowment, and sparkling clean bill of health, you must be a cuddler of self-deception and delusion. Believe it or not, ethnic consideration will be a huge factor, […]
Continue ReadingThe compelling virtue of the Afenifere endorsement of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and the countervailing tirade of the Anambra state governor, Charles Soludo, can be reduced to the theoretical distinction between patriotism and nationalism. Unlike nationalism, good citizenship or patriotism is not a function of racial/ethnic identity. It is a conscientious Yoruba […]
Continue ReadingLast week, the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, met the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, at an event in Awka, Anambra, and they exchanged warm greetings like politicians are wont to do, despite the uncomplimentary remarks Soludo made about Obi recently. Soludo said at the event that he would […]
Continue ReadingAt first, the story of First Lady Aisha Buhari ordering the arrest and detention of a young man who had made fun of her physical appearance seemed improbable. I insisted to the person who shared the story with me that there had to be more to the account. There was no way Mrs Buhari would […]
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