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In October 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel over its occupation of the Golan Heights and Sinai Peninsula, two Arab territories. With the now-defunct Soviet Union (read Russia) backing Egypt and Syria, the US automatically queued behind Israel. Arab countries, in solidary with Egypt and Syria, retaliated by placing an oil […]
Continue ReadingThe world cup is here and even though Nigeria did not qualify for a place in the tournament, it will not deter many die-hard Nigerian football fans from watching the many countries represented in Qatar, the host country this time round. Football is a male-dominated sport, though women’s football is also gaining momentum, with more […]
Continue ReadingI am tempted to conclude that it’s another spirit that enters most Igbo men when this ‘male child’ sentiment is pushing them. A man could have a home filled with wonderful daughters who adore him and he won’t ‘see’ them, yet in old age, it’s these daughters that would be losing sleep over his welfare. […]
Continue ReadingIn the message that a lady sent to me recently, she said, “My last baby was a girl, like the rest. I would later hear that when my father went to see my husband, who refused to visit the baby and I at the clinic, he cried his eyes out. Over what? We had a […]
Continue ReadingThe National Bureau of Statistics in January 2012 released its ‘Nigeria Poverty Profile 2010’ report which contained data covering the previous 30 years. It showed that 17.1 million Nigerians were in poverty in 1980; 34.7 million in 1985; 39.2 million in 1996; 67.7 million in 2004 and 112 million in 2010. The same NBS a […]
Continue ReadingWhat goes around comes around First they came for the socialists, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, Nigeria’s President, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), along with the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and some other high-ranking public officials formally unveiled the re-designed N1,000, N500, and N200 notes. Such a gathering is, of course, expectedly full of festivity, bluster, and the regurgitation of the same vapid and […]
Continue ReadingAny time officials (and defenders) of the Muhammadu Buhari regime want to prove that he has performed well in office, they reel out projects executed with loans that have mortgaged the future of every Nigerian for years to come. They show roads and bridges and the like as evidence of his superlative performance. In October […]
Continue ReadingThe 2023 general election is almost upon us. No fewer than 12,000 candidates sponsored by 18 political parties will contest for 109 Senatorial seats, 360 House of Representatives memberships, 993 State House of Assembly positions, 28 governorships, and the lone office of the President. An estimated 95 million registered voters are also expected to cast […]
Continue ReadingI do not know how many people still remember that Dr Tai Solarin was here. He was one of the most decent human beings ever created for Nigeria. Dr Solarin was a columnist with the Nigerian Tribune for most of his active life. Some 52 years ago (in 1970), he penned a piece with the […]
Continue ReadingJust close your eyes for a minute and imagine with your mind’s eye, a community of slaves which is oblivious to the chains and shackles on them; imagine a pack of lunatics in a Mental Asylum who are living their life without a care in the world; imagine a people in a dilapidated house which […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Broadcasting Commission’s imposition of a N2m fine on AriseTV for the sin of airing a contrived report about a presidential candidate is one of those curious instances of bureaucratic efficiency. Coming after some government agencies had indicated they would not be pursuing the substantial issue of this presidential candidate’s association with narcotics, it is funny […]
Continue ReadingOn Monday in Accra, President Nana Akufo-Addo sacked his Minister of State for Finance, Charles Adu Boahen following sordid revelations from renowned Ghanaian investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. “After being made aware of the allegations levelled against the minister in an expose, ‘Galamsey Economy’”, according to the director of communications, Eugene Arhin, “the President spoke […]
Continue ReadingI was watching the recent Anikulapo film when I recieved a call from a close friend, ‘Guy, Tinubu don buy your Papa and your grandpapa join!’, he laughed and added ‘Upon all your noise’, refering to my articles vehemently criticizing Tinubu buying delegates, bishops and anything, dead or alive, in pursuit of his presidential ambition. […]
Continue ReadingWe had an unusual vice chancellor in Ife in the mid to late 1980s. His name is Wande Abimbola, professor of Yoruba Religion, Language and Literature. He loved his students and his students loved him. One day, he warned a sea of protesting students about the real Nigeria and its ways: “My children, don’t let […]
Continue ReadingAfenifere is just naturally fulfilling prophecy ordained by God, being Obidient to the demands of the Universe, by supporting Peter Obi for a greater cause and evolution of humanity to a higher level of political evolution and global consciousness based on universal Justice. Afenifere and Yorubas as a whole that fought for cultural justice to […]
Continue ReadingIt has now become a tradition for me to analyse the psychology of the Nigerian voter ahead of every general election. Why? I am sitting in my balcony watching people pass by as they argue and pontificate on who will win — or who should win. I hear people argue about merit, power rotation, generational […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, the Mail of London reported that ‘Tik Tok stars who mocked a government official in Nigeria have been sentenced to be whipped 20 times under Sharia law.’ In the video that sparked the official outrage, according to the report, the duo of Mubarak Isa Muhammed and Muhammed Bula “mocked Mr Ganduje for alleged land grabbing, corruption and sleeping […]
Continue ReadingOne of the greatest shortcomings of Nigeria’s existence is that she has never evolved into a nation. The amalgamation of territories, imposition of the colonial masters, the unfortunate intervention of the military and its attendant maladministration of the civil-society, and the corruption-infested politicians have not actually given the country that opportunity to realize her potentials. […]
Continue ReadingA week ago, President Muhammadu Buhari travelled out of the country on a two-week medical vacation. He is expected back in the country next week. As has been the pattern since he assumed office in 2015, and he travelled on medical vacation eight months later, Nigerians again this time around raised the same concerns about […]
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