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The Defence Headquarters officially disproved the story of a planned coup in Nigeria, but that has not made it any less believable. The cancellation of Independence Day activities to opt for a “low-key” celebration, which excuses the President from appearing in public, suggests that the media reports might be on to something. Refuting the report, […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Works, David Umahi, got into an acrimonious exchange with Arise TV news anchor Rufai Oseni recently when he refused to answer a question the latter posed to him. Our culture preaches deference to elders and for that reason alone, some commentators could not believe the audacity of standing one’s ground when dealing with […]
Continue ReadingFirst, let us get rid of the worthless argument that fallaciously equates the case of the self-appointed “Eze of Lagos” with the ambitions of Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, the woman who parades herself as the Iyaloja-General of Nigeria because she happens to be the daughter of the President. Pitching one against the other to make a case […]
Continue ReadingThere are three problems that the All Progressive Congress government, since 2015, has promised to resolve, and everything in Nigeria seems to conspire against the President achieving greatness in each: the economy, insecurity, and corruption. People are so impoverished that when Bola Tinubu went to his home state to show off who he has become […]
Continue ReadingApparently, the Department of State Security did not learn anything from the case of Mrs Aisha Buhari, the ex-first lady, who had a random social media user arrested and detained for body shaming her. When the news broke, Mrs Buhari suffered a terrible blowback for her imprudence. Under the guise of commenting on the case, […]
Continue ReadingOf all the possible resolutions to the drama involving Wasiu Ayinde Anifowoshe (the artiste popularly known as K1), and which has been the subject of frenzied discussion for the past week, what I bet no one saw coming was that he would emerge as an NCAA ambassador. If this were to be a work of […]
Continue ReadingWhen the Super Falcons, the Nigerian women’s national football team, won their tenth WAFCON title in Morocco recently, the President splashed them with a $100,000 prize, conferred the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger on all 24 players, and then gifted each of them a three-bedroom apartment. Staff of the team’s […]
Continue ReadingFuture historians of this period will one day note that the 2027 presidential election was one of the most remarkable in our national history, as it was the first campaign to begin even before the 2023 election was properly concluded. We know that in Africa, time ordinarily orbits around elections and electioneering. Since elections are […]
Continue ReadingThe dictum, of the dead, speak no evil (de mortuis nil nisi bonum), speaks to the courtesy expected in interpersonal social relationships and hardly applies to public leaders. If we do not speak ill of brutal dead leaders, history will be written against us. Sometimes it takes the death of an influential figure for us […]
Continue ReadingDuring a recent interview, Peter Obi was asked how he would address political agitations across the country if he were the president. He responded that he would dialogue. Referring to the detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, Obi added that his incarceration “does not make sense”. He said, “Some people said because he (Kanu) used vulgar […]
Continue ReadingAs economic hardship bites and the state fails to curtail the problem of insecurity, people rue their decision to vote for Bola Tinubu as president in 2023. This angst seems to be coming from every corner of the country; people frequently denounce this administration’s failure to provide relief from the years of deprivation. From the […]
Continue ReadingSometime in March this year, I gave a young woman a ride in my car. The radio was beaming out King Sunny Ade’s track where he elegantly eulogised the late Chief Moshood Abiola. The young woman’s eyes opened in recognition as she listened to the song. “MKO Abiola! I heard so much about the man […]
Continue ReadingIf an alien is captured in a Hollywood film, the state imprisons it to weaponise its capabilities. Nollywood does not make alien films, but our cinematic representations of contact with non-human forces regularly reflect an individual seeking money. That was how I concluded that if we ever capture an alien in this part of the […]
Continue ReadingYou must have read the news that philanthropist Bill Gates plans to give away his wealth within the next 20 years. His charity foundation, which has been making various interventions in global public health, now has till December 31, 2045, to spend down about $200bn to facilitate health and human development. Even more fascinating is […]
Continue ReadingSince the Nigerian presidency has devoted itself to responding to every criticism of the government and its administrative failings, it is unsurprising that media aide Bayo Onanuga faulted the recent claim by the outgoing President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, that Nigerians lived a better life in the 1960s going by the GDP […]
Continue ReadingYears ago, I had an unforgettable experience of nearly witnessing a lynching at Iwo Road in Ibadan. It was a typical day, and while standing at a bus stop, a woman two paces away suddenly shouted that her purse had been snatched. She held the clothes of the man standing beside her. Before you knew […]
Continue ReadingDuring an interview on Channels TV on Monday, Professor Wole Soyinka responded to critics who have been taunting him to “say something” about the present administration. In the interview, he said, “People should stop trying to work on my timetable for me. I had not swallowed an alarm clock. I don’t see why I should […]
Continue ReadingEven after Pastor Enoch Adeboye had distanced himself from the arrest of a TikToker who disrespected him Olumide Ogunsanwo (SeaKing), the church PR unit still put out a notice overriding him. The church claimed that Pastor Adeboye weighed in before the video was reviewed. After watching it, they think, “It has become necessary to allow […]
Continue ReadingIn a recent interview, ex-Osun Governor, Chief Bisi Akande, alleged that the #EndSARS movement that roiled Nigeria in 2020 was a conspiracy against his friend, Bola Tinubu. By narrating how a set of circumstances that did not begin with Tinubu became wrapped around him and his ambitions, Akande tried to increase the moral value of […]
Continue ReadingThe case between Dele Farotimi and Afe Babalola reached a climax when we were informed early on Monday morning that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, had intervened. Media reports indicated that the traditional ruler and a consortium of elders met Babalola the previous night. Even though the story was reported in multiple media […]
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