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No one writes another’s legacy. We write our legacies with every breath we draw because a legacy is not what you acquire, it is what you create, it is what you do. Professor Pius Adesanmi created words. When life comes to an end, as it will, what remains are the memories we made and the […]
Continue ReadingAs the country gets ravaged from within and from without, it is very important to take a dispassionate look at the “settlement” that ended military rule in 1999. That consensus has broken down. By settlement, I am referring to the hurried hand over from the military to their civilian wing in 1999, after the death […]
Continue ReadingThe near constant news reports about staggering amounts of funds traceable to former and current public officers are troubling. With every humongous find, one begins to wonder if there is any iota of hope for Nigeria in the management of its finances. Aside from theft is the problem of crass incompetence and profiteering from misery. […]
Continue ReadingBeing human is rooted in consciousness. At the root of consciousness, is understanding the linkages between the past and the present. That is what is called history. History is inescapable, it is essential. In history we find our rooted markers, without which we lack a sense of identity. History allows us to build upon our […]
Continue ReadingFinally, the government is aware that social media is the new information and organising frontier, and the weapon of the information war is the smart phone. With cellphones in peoples’ palms, they have access to information and can transmit this faster and organise better. As usual, what the government cannot control, they always want to […]
Continue ReadingPrebendalism was coined by Richard Joseph to describe what has become a central feature of Nigerian politics and governance. In his book, Democracy and Prebendal Politics (1987), he used prebendalism to describe the appropriation of state offices by officials and the diversion of their resources to serve themselves, their cronies and their affiliated ethnic and other identity […]
Continue ReadingBí ekòló bá júbà ilè, ilè á la’nu. Bí omodé bá mo’wó wè á bá àgbà jeun. Ìbà Olorun, ìbà ènìyàn. Ìbà eyín tí Elédùmarè gbé ilé ayé lé lówó, ìbà okùnrin, ìbà obìnrin, ìbà omodé, ìbà àgbà. E jé kí ó jú mií se o. Introduction In pre-colonial and colonial times, it was always […]
Continue ReadingWhat better way to stand out and achieve instant celebrity status than to compromise your morals (if any), have sex on live television and you may still win sixty million naira, land a deal for a reality show of your own, or get enough attention to land a lucrative brand ambassadorship deal. What kind of […]
Continue ReadingThe problem with both the Nigerian and South African governments is their deep unpopularity at home. Both governments will use any means to survive. South Africa’s white minorities are staging a come back. A look into history suggests that the black majority rule was primed to fail from the start. There are a few issues […]
Continue ReadingOn May 22, 1856, an important and dramatic event was recorded in the history books of the United States’ Senate. A member of the House of Representatives entered the Senate chamber and beat a senator into unconsciousness. It was said that Representative Preston Brooks used a light cane, of the type used to discipline unruly […]
Continue ReadingThe arrest of Omoyele Sowore and deployment of soldiers and policemen to tear-gas protesters is an anti-climax. Buhari’s government made a mountain out of a molehill. He should have been left alone to test his organising powers, afterall his right to protest is guaranteed by the Constitution. The semantic and rhetorical use of #RevolutionNow is […]
Continue ReadingThe political narrative preceeding the release of the ministers’ list was: “I will pick people I personally know”. The optics from that statement does not signal competence or capacity, it symbolises cronyism. Favouritism, cronyism and nepotism have been the signposts of Buhari’s government since 2015. As things are, his cronies and the impunity with which […]
Continue ReadingHave you ever heard a sermon in your church about sexual abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse? The answer is probably ‘No!’ Sexual abuse, domestic violence and child abuse are not just mentioned once or twice, there are references to these issues in abundance. Examples can be found in the abuse of the Levite’s concubine, […]
Continue ReadingWhat problem has Buhari solved in four years? None. Instead, he has created new problems around the politics of identity and of scarcity. His politics and that of the cabal he created to insulate him, has bred a growing culture of distrust and suspicion along the delicate faultlines of ethnicity and religion in the country. […]
Continue ReadingMore than a month into President Buhari’s second term, the “Next Level” he promised Nigerians is shaping up to be the Next Level of Slow. If his more-of-the-same first appointments are anything to go by, we are primed for retardation at best, or retrogression at worst. With mounting insecurity, the possibility of disintegration is even […]
Continue ReadingSince the Fulani terrorists’ siege on the South-West began, the words of Ken Menkhaus has kept ringing in my ears: “Where governments have become deeply complicit in criminal activities…perpetuation of state failure is essential for the criminal enterprise to operate.” To those of us who recognise the vast criminal enterprise that Nigeria has become and the racket […]
Continue ReadingAfter the armistice that ended the Kiriji War in 1893, the Yoruba embraced peace and grew in liberalism and pacifism. In principle, the Yoruba places long-term societal progress over short-term harm through physical aggression. From years of fratricidal wars between its sub-ethnicities, the Yoruba learnt valuable lessons in mental strength; that the ability to overcome […]
Continue ReadingThe slaughter in Zamfara’s fields of gold, the kidnappings on Abuja-Kaduna road and the general insecurity in the land is not unexpected. These are the shapes of what is coming. To students of history and politics, this chaotic turn into anarchy and loss of control, is what obtains in a kakistocracy – “a system of […]
Continue Reading“No more free money”. Some of us deployed this cliché with excitement when Buhari won the presidential election in 2015. It has since become a mantra for Buhari’s most ardent followers who use it derisively to signpost their anger and disdain of the elite, as the economy bites harder. To his supporters, President Buhari can […]
Continue Reading“Let Us Face the Future: A Presentation On Offer To the People of Britain” was the game-changing manifesto presented by the British Labour party in the pivotal post-war election of 1945. What is the social contract between the Yoruba leadership elite and the people? I cannot think of any. In facing the future, we must […]
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