No food, no fuel, no power, no forex, no hope, By Dele Sobowale

“An army marches on its stomach.” — Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821; Vanguard Book of Quotations, p. 14, available online Right now several millions of Nigerians’ stomachs are empty; and movement has virtually stopped. Unfortunately, it is not only the scarcity of food and high prices which are slowing us down, scarcity of all the things which […]

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President Tinubu, scarcity is evident; chaos follow, By Dele Sobowale

“Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man is starving” – O’Henry, 1862-1910. Sometime ago, your Vice President called Nigerians, who registered their displeasure about the continuing devaluation of the Naira, “clowns” for not supporting the government now when things are tough. Shettima […]

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Thirty trillion reasons why Buhari must be probed, By Dele Sobowale

“The total amount of such advances outstanding shall not at any time exceed five per cent of the previous year’s actual revenue of the Federal Government” – Section 38 (2) of the CBN Act. Every Nigerian now knows that the Buhari government obtained N30 trillion under Ways and Means, W&M, from the Central Bank of […]

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States are broke, nothing done in 100 days, By Dele Sobowale

Money talks and virtually all the state government just finishing their first 100 days in office had very little to say because they are broke. In the past, print media was bombarded with 100 days reports from every state. We sometimes had insufficient space for them. Now, we have next to nothing to publish. As […]

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Tinubu versus Buhari war started earlier than expected, By Dele Sobowale

“It is quite impossible for those who want to gain power to avoid getting rid of those who are most likely to form the opposition” – Critias, 404 BC, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 196. In addition to those in opposition, power-grabbers abhor those likely to form a rival source of allegiance by the […]

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Baba, go straight to Niger, forget Daura, By Dele Sobowale

“The evils that men do live after them…”- William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, in JULIUS CAESAR Outgoing President Buhari announced a few weeks ago that he might relocate to Niger Republic – if people disturb him too much in Daura. Since then, some commentators have assumed he was serious with the declaration; a few said he was […]

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North Has Already Destroyed Itself, It Remains The South To Demolish (2), By Dele Sobowale

Out-of-school children constitute security risk in Nigeria.” – Senator Lawan, Senate President, VANGUARD, March 11, p 44.  I did not know whether to laugh or cry about that news report. Lawan, Ph.D, well-educated in any country on earth, and a leader in the North for some time, is suddenly discovering, like other Northerners, what ordinary commonsense should […]

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North Has Already Destroyed Itself, It Remains The South To Demolish (1), By Dele Sobowale

The North has become a region of endless funerals and perpetual bereavement. Bandits in the North have become a state. They impose fines and taxes, send notices, control spaces, determine life and death and operate without challenge.” Senator Shehu Sani of Kaduna State, March 2020, I wish that historical damn fool called Lord Lugard and […]

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