When Honour Bites The DustSunday, August 7, 2016
Fellow Nigerians, I don rsquo;t know any country in the world that is so mercilessly looted like Nigeria. Sometimes I wonder how poor Nigeria has managed to survive despite the Unceasing bleeding of the most populous black nation in the world Here, politics is unarguably the most lucrative busine ...
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Anti-Corruption War: No Sacred CowsSunday, August 7, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari made no mistake when he said if we fail to kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria. It is not disputable that the hydra -headed monster has done incalculable damage to virtually every facet of our national life. Little wonder millions of Nigerians did not pass up ... |
Dasukigate: Why Buhari Must Be On The AlertFriday, January 22, 2016
Virtually everywhere you turn today, you are slapped with the sad tale of corruption in high places. The revelations are earth-shattering. And the figures bandied around are mind boggling. Not that one is not aware that corruption walks on all fours here. What remains a riddle is how the country ... |
Boko Haram: Winning The PeaceWednesday, October 21, 2015
They are death merchants. The boom of bombs is music to their ears. Spilling the blood of innocents vaults them to ecstasy. They have orphaned, windowed and displaced thousands of our compatriots, yet, enough doesn rsquo;t seem to be enough. Bombs still make mincemeat of fellow Nigerians. Not eve ... |
Saraki And CCB’s Book Of RemembranceWednesday, September 23, 2015
Politics is the struggle for power. Some say it is a dirty game. Other says it is the most interesting game ever. Well, I belong to the latter. The intrigues, the betrayals,the unpredictability, all combine to make the game of politics interesting.Little wonder many believe that while 2 2 equ ... |
Saint Fashola’s Cross And His DisciplesSaturday, August 29, 2015
Mr. Babatunde Fashola is often referred to as the symbol of good governance by his numerous admirers. Now, it does not matter if I feel he is overrated. When a man is popular, he is popular. The story of his good deeds in office has not stopped reverberating across the length and the breadth of ... |
2015 Elections And Lessons For ApcSaturday, May 30, 2015
For sixteen years, the People rsquo;s Democratic Party denominated the political space like a colossus. Being the ruling party in Africa rsquo;s most populous country, its stalwarts wasted no time in trumpeting it to the ears of everyone that PDP was the biggest party in Africa. But on March 28, ... |
Buhari, Nigerians And The FutureSaturday, May 30, 2015
He couldn rsquo;t do it in 2003, 2007 and 2011. But on March 28, 2015, the man fondly called mai gaskiya by millions of his admirers conquered the highest office in Nigeria. Muhammadu Buhari is new Nigerian leader. He will preside over the affairs of the most Populous black nation for the next fo ... |