There is only one rational conclusion to draw after watching the shocking video of how three senior police officers of an elite anti-kidnapping squad were brutally executed last week in Taraba State: The soldiers involved in the killing could only have been acting in promotion of some sinister agenda rather than...... more
This article discusses the treatment of young girls, using the story of the Companions of the Prophet, Jabir and his sisters. Jabir was young when his father was martyred in the Battle of Uhud. On his shoulders fell the responsibility of being an adult to fend for himself and cater for...... more
There is now loud echoes of rants of racism made against the world's most eccentric politician - Donald Trump - the 45th President of the United States of America. He is of the Republican political breed. Since he mounted the presidential rostrum, the accusations against him have largely centred around racism, which...... more
If we feel our own happiness is threatened by a move towards the greater good, it’s hard to vote for the greater good – Richard Templar. The above citation from the international best-selling series, The Rules of People, has indeed captured the essence of the rule of law in any sane and humane society in...... more
The Muhammadu Buhari administration is at the centre of a storm. So much is taking place in the land. The El-Zakzaky protests paralyzed Abuja the other day. Government was sufficiently rattled. Now, it is about to obey the court order, which it had consistently defied. Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky will be released on...... more
Experience over time has shown that power in the wrong hands is detrimental to the society. The rights of an irresponsible individual over another become excesses and violations. Common sense goes out through the window. A man can organise his home effectively, maintain relations with his parents, and respect his wife....... more
FLASHBACK, 25TH SEPTEMBER 2003: Rally after elections? That was my immediate reaction to Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu, the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) House of Representatives member from Jigawa State who had called to inform me that he was in Kano for a rally to be addressed the next day by Major...... more
To begin from a positive note, this writer notes with satisfaction the determination and zeal showed so far by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in the prosecution of the director-general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Alhaji Modibbo Kawu, over alleged N2.5 billion misappropriation of public...... more
This article provides a timely and constructive contribution to discussions on ministerial nominees and seeks to move the conversation forward to, ministerial performance. In the past few weeks, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has been involved in one of its most consequential constitutional responsibilities. That of providing “advise...... more
Former head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), has a reputation behind him. He shunned the allure of doublespeak after circumstances thrust him up as head of state. Like others before him, Nigerians thought that he would play games. But he belied the impressions of bookmakers by settling for the unexpected....... more
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The video clips are two. In one, the young man, bleeding and shackled, is in the trunk of a Hilux vehicle as he rails at policemen. In a futile bid to demonstrate he is still in control of the situation, he even threatens them as he scoops his own blood with...... more
Today, I shall narrate the story from the perspective of obedience to the husband and seeking permission. Soon after the marriage, my ex-husband acknowledged I no longer argued with him, as I was aware he was my husband, but neither did I do as he instructed. When he made that remark,...... more
Since 2015, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has had the fortune of a life-time to have produced the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Mind you, whichever political formation that forms the central government is by that fact, a global player, following a combination of factors. First, Nigeria is the...... more
About noon today, Great Britain would have officially formalised modalities to have a fresh Prime Minister to take over from the immediate past leader and the second woman premier after Mrs Margret Thatcher, in the person of Mrs Theresa May. Precisely around noon on July 23, 2019, Boris Johnson was announced...... more
Any adult who has no past has nothing to offer the future generation. Therefore, whoever does not learn from the past will repeat the errors of the past. Whoever does not remember the past has no present and is unlikely to remember the future. The mistakes of the past will be...... more
Bayelsa State is the ancestral home of the eastern Ijaw ethnicity in the deep south, and is the first spot where the first successful crude oil well was explored in Nigeria over six decades ago. However, the positive advantages of Bayelsa State as clearly stated above have not in any way...... more
It is curious, and certainly most embarrassing that our elected members of the National and State Assemblies throughout the federation have kept unusually quiet in the face of the horrendous horrors and unmitigated disasters assaulting this country and her citizens on daily basis. No part of the country is exempt from...... more
You may have overheard someone say, “Nigeria is such a great opportunity”! What exactly are they talking about, you might ask? Is it sarcasm of the chaos and poor human development numbers so off-putting that we are all so familiar with? No. To many commentators, it is because Nigeria is rich...... more
Once again, the nation is left to confront the hydra-headed monstrous existential challenge posed by the unimaginable horrors that steer our youngsters in the face, as they attempt to migrate to safer climes, due to the unprecedented rise in insecurity, instability, Islamic terrorism and the ever-expanding wars waged by armed bandits, targeting...... more
There is an outcry from certain parts of the country over the Muhammadu Buhari presidency. The South and Middle Belt are wailing and weeping. They see the Buhari regime as one long night of drudgery. A good number of them are inclined to believe that they are in a trance. A certain...... more
We are about to penetrate an adult-only zone. Children and the feeble of mind: Please find some other publications to read. PROCEDURE ONE: The Unwritten But Highly Prevalent Rule. Sex. Premarital sex to be precise. That is right. Much of it. The woman, young and elderly, samples the boyfriend or husband-to-be....... more
It was a simple tweet but what followed is a sad reminder of the loss of values that has made our country what it is today as we continue to build what my friend Bolaji Abdullahi described as a “nation of hustlers”. First, the tweet: “I lost my teaching job today...... more
As a young school leaver still deciding what to do with my young creative life, I encountered a political journal from the rich collections of books in my elder brother’s law library, which spoke to the issues of America’s contemporary politics. My elder brother, who is almost 40 years post-call as...... more
One of the most cherished values that marks out a society as genuinely humane and responsive to the yearnings of the generality of the citizenry, is the ability of the institutions of democracy to be stronger than individuals in such a robust manner that no single political office-holder can clothe himself...... more
I have variously explored the sexuality of Muslim women in general and mine specifically, plus the expected and actual effects of female circumcision on a woman’s sexual satisfaction. This time, I broach the so-called taboo topic once more to discuss real sexual behaviours of women in Nigeria. I should stress that...... more
I am not a native son in the mould of Bigger Thomas, the protagonist in Richard Wright’s novel, “Native Son.” Bigger, a black youth in white America, was an upside down man. He lived in utter poverty in a poor area of Chicago in the 1930s. He had a notoriety for...... more
With the suspension last week of the ‘Ruga Settlements’ scheme “because it is not consistent with the NEC and FG approved National Livestock Transformation plan…”, the controversy around it ought to have ended. Sadly, it has only further opened our national fault lines. It should worry President Muhammadu Buhari that those...... more
The current administration has just intervened in the protracted human rights violations that threatened the social fabric of a notable agrarian community, known as Idumuje-Ugboko in Delta State, which is not too far from Asaba. The alleged masterminds terrorising the peace of the community are to be charged before a Federal...... more
She sat among Nigeria’s prominent human rights figures. She wore the confidence of a mother who has just successfully given out her daughter’s hand in marriage to her heart-throb. With smiles of satisfaction and accomplishment, this international diplomat born in France briefed a packed room of select credible human rights advocacy...... more
Scene One: The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Mohammadu Umar, says the federal government has started to establish ‘Ruga Settlements’ for herdsmen in 12 of the 36 states as a pilot scheme for a nationwide programme designed to curb farmer-herder clashes. Scene Two: Following general...... more
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