There is this phenomenal novel by a Ghanaian writer that redefined story-telling. It is of a political satirical genre. It is written around a railway freight clerk in Ghana who attempts to hold out against the pressures that impel him towards corruption, in both his family and his country. This universally acclaimed...... more
At last, the conspiracy has gone full circle. The plotters have delivered on their ignoble mandate. The design was that of wilful decapitation. The target was the South East, the whipping boy of Nigerian politics. It all started like a piece of blackmail. An entire zone was being harangued. It was being...... more
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As a reporter who keenly followed what transpired in Nigeria before, during and after the annulled 1993 presidential election won by the late Chief M.K.O Abiola, it was an act of courage and statesmanship for President Muhammadu Buhari to accord June 12 a pride of place as a national Democracy Day....... more
As stated in the previous installment of Teenage Optimism, a verbal exchange with a bully ought to be avoided. A bully is not worth the attention or aggravation. What if the bully is in one’s face? Ignoring is valuable sometimes; a confrontation is necessary at other times. For children and young...... more
John Grisham is the prolific author of seventeen novels: The Last Juror, ironically, is his first. I was privileged to have read it not long ago. In the opening chapter, this maverick story-teller narrated how a once-upon-a-time iconic newspaper house was mismanaged. His words: “After decades of patient mismanagement and loving neglect, The Ford County...... more
Richard Templar is a very fascinating writer. As a professional writer myself, operating from Nigeria, one of the most treacherous human habitations in the world, I am always looking for fresh ideas documented in beautifully written books, not just because of my inclination for aesthetics but also because of my undying...... more
An intricate ring is being run around the election year of 2023. Before coup-makers seized the stage, it was taken for granted in responsible quarters that other segments of Nigeria would support the South East to produce the President of Nigeria in that election year. The reason for that expectation is...... more
Understanding the workings of the Nigerian economy is like trying to read a doctor’s prescription. It is never an easy task. That explains why when I see two or more ‘experts’ arguing about movement of share capital, ‘bullish runs’ and all that, I try as much as possible to keep my...... more
First rule on having a reasonably healthy online experience is: Do not be bullied. By that, do not be a victim of anyone. Never dismiss, tolerate, condone, or justify any act of bullying, no matter how seemingly minor. Before accepting friendship requests, ensure the individual is worth access into your space...... more
The Nigerian Police Council headed by President Muhammadu Buhari had on Thursday May 23, 2019 confirmed Mr Adamu Mohammed of Nasarawa State as substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGR). Mohammed had acted as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer for nearly six months. Incidentally, the Police Council, which is a constitutional body, is...... more
As a kid growing up in the rusty but sleepy town of Kafanchan, Kaduna State, North-central Nigeria – currently the epicentre of the unrelenting spectre of Moslems versus Christians’ fratricidal war – I became fascinated by the effervescent stories of the greatness of the United States of America. As a voracious...... more
Nigeria is on the march again! ‘On the march again…!’ that was the jingle that made the top of the chart in the MKO Abiola’s unforgettable campaign in the aborted elections that went nowhere. But this time it is the resumption of the march begun in 1804 or thereabout which started...... more
Last Friday, the Supreme Court sent a strong statement to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as well as the entire political class in Nigeria. In declaring ‘wasted’ the votes secured by APC candidates in gubernatorial, national and state assembly elections in Zamfara, the message is simple: Only when rules and...... more
Ndeewo, President Muhammadu Buhari. I protest the manner in which the security crisis in Zamfara State is handled. I have been silent, to a large extent, on the banditry issue. Much of the information peddled on social media is no more than drama and victimfeigning. The former is political; the latter...... more
“We each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe. But humans are a curious species. We wonder, we seek answers, living in this vast world that is by turns kind and cruel, and gaining at the immense heavens above,...... more
Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is remarkably beautiful. Aesthetically, it can rank as one of the most glamourous cities in Africa. The city is rated as one of the best planned settlements in West Africa. The idea of creating a new federal capital for Nigeria came about when it was...... more
The outgoing governor of Imo State and his penchant for learning has a history. The charity-driven proliferated Rochas Foundation College largely mirrors Governor Rochas Okorocha's love for learning and curriculum. Just recently, shortly after the 2019 elections, Okorocha, after a rancorous but failed bid to transit power to his former chief...... more
The most important of life’s battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul — David O. McKay Following the death in March 2017 of a medical doctor who jumped headlong into the lagoon off Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, I argued on this page that...... more
Umm Sulaim’s morning with the Police commenced poorly and ended brilliantly. At dawn of Friday, May 17, 2019, Umm Sulaim went to the neighbourhood Police Station to lodge a complaint against Abdallah Muhammad, her landlord, and Sirajo Aliyu, his tenant. Before noon, another complaint was tabled, against Hausa-Fulani Muslim Police officers....... more
The year 2019 would for a very long time to come remain one of the most treacherous seasons for Nigeria’s judiciary, going by the self-inflicted but externally induced credibility catastrophe that befell it and successfully beheaded the once envied independence of that strategic arm of government. It started from small rumours,...... more
Outrageous, it is, is it not, that cultism has its attraction? Cult, as a term, denotes the heinous and the criminal. A cult is a reference to any sociocultural or ethnoreligious body despised by the speaker. For the purpose of this article, a cult is an organisation, whose origin lays in...... more
Legalize it Don’t criticize itLegalize it, yeah yeahAnd I will advertise itSome call it tamjeeSome call it the weedSome call it marijuanaSome of them call it ganjaNever mind, got to legalize itIt’s good for the fluGood for asthmaGood for tuberculosisEven numara thrombosisGo to legalize itDon’t criticize it… –Peter Tosh, the late Jamaican...... more
Two news items broke on May 6, 2019 about the same time – but in two different locations in Nigeria – that perfectly addresses the burning issue of widespread insecurity in Nigeria. But an observer of events in contemporary Nigeria needs to either develop the nose for news, as a professional...... more
Last Sunday in Kano, a city where millions of young people are neither in school nor meaningfully engaged, an official wedding was organised for 1,500 couples at the cost of N300 million by the state government. “The beneficiaries were selected from each of the 44 LGAs of the state by the...... more
Stephen Hawking’s epochal book - Brief Answers To The Big Questions - which was published sometimes last year posthumously, remains one of the finest works of scholarship in the 21st century. The Daily Telegraph described the book as: “A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind.” The Guardian of Great Britain called the book’s author “A rare genius.” Pope...... more
Young men and pornography have an affinity that cuts across all major religious denominations. Pornographic images and videos are sought and viewed, without a thought to faith and belief. Pornography, the youth anthem sans borders, is a call to action heeded by millions of young Muslims, Christians, and Jews. Other belief...... more
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has of late, consistently maintained the front-burner of public discourse - for all the wrong reasons – particularly for the collapse of law and order in some sections of Nigeria due to absence of effective and efficient policing mechanisms. And now, the belated understanding that...... more
The eighties’ generation of Nigerian children, who followed the football adventures of the national team, the Green Eagles, will be filled with nostalgia at the mention of the name of each of these football legends: Peter Rufai - Goalkeeper Patrick Okala - Goalkeeper Rashidi Yekini - Forward Christian Chukwu - Defender...... more
It all began two weeks ago while I was on vacation in the United Kingdom. I read the media frenzy concerning the private life of one of Nigeria’s most illustrious maritime lawyers and political statesmen – Prince Ned Nwoko. The story goes that a budding and talented actress, Miss Regina Daniel...... more
The myriad of problems confronting the geopolitical space called Nigeria today could be traced to one single cause – the amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Nigeria in by Lord Lugard. It was a marriage that was not canvassed, not negotiated, not consented to that was the root, the father and...... more
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