Before Darkness FallsThursday, August 24, 2017
The one hundred and four days of President Muhammadu Buhari medical sojourn opened the fault lines of the nation and a clear advertisement that ours is pretending to be a nation. For those days, the ship of the nation was clearly adrift with an absentee president and a nominal acting president that ...
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That moment when Rats chase your president from officeWednesday, August 23, 2017
Rats are preventing President Muhammadu Buhari from resuming work at his office desk in Aso Rock. Don rsquo;t laugh, please. This is not even a joke. Actually, the president rsquo;s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, says the Rodents have damaged furniture and air-conditioning fittings in Buhar ... |
What's The Military Doing To Our Loved Ones?Wednesday, August 23, 2017
A while back, a close friend of mine and neighbor, decided to pursue his dream of joining the Nigerian Army. Was it a cool decision for his friends and family? Yes. Were we expecting him to preserve a chunk of his admirable gentle nature mdash;which we all loved him for, despite the rigors of milita ... |
The politicisation of pension in OsunWednesday, August 23, 2017
The quote above, by W.B. Yeats,perfectlyechoed my own sentimentsonreading a report in the Punch, August 16, 2017edition in which Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun was alleged by the lsquo;Forum of 2011/2012 Pensionersto have ldquo;paid political office holders who served between No ... |
ON ISLAMIC POLICE AND BIAFRA SECURITYTuesday, August 22, 2017
Of all the works of intellectualizing and global scholarship bequeathed to mankind by one of Black Africa 39;s original thinkers-Professor Chinua Achebe, one tiny book titled ldquo;The trouble with Nigeria rdquo; stands out because it remains profoundly rich in prophetic affirmations that continuo ... |
BUHARI AND THE PEOPLE OF THE LIETuesday, August 22, 2017
So dry bones could still rise again? So corpses do walk? So ldquo;spot diagnosis rdquo; that can spot the dead from a far without medical prognosis could fail abysmally? So the one on life-support machine could still walk on his feet? All these questions ran through my mind on Saturday morning, the ... |
Why Buhari is good as Nigeria's President till 2023Tuesday, August 22, 2017
The news that President Muhammadu Buhari returned over the weekend gladdened my heart. Even though I do not like Buhari's governance style and do not believe that he has good leadership skills, it is my wish that Buhari should remain healthy and strong to complete his first term and even win a secon ... |
How Buhari/Osinbajo Government Breeds Hates Killings And Speeches In NigeriaTuesday, August 22, 2017
(Intersociety Nigeria, 22nd August 2017)-Two recent provocative and inciting presidential pronouncements; namely: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo rsquo;s misinterpretation of the regional and international meaning of hates speeches and returnee President Muhammadu Buhari rsquo;s war-like an ... |
May God Forgive Buhari For Killing And Secretly Burying 1000 MuslimsTuesday, August 22, 2017
It will soon be two years since the Nigerian military, under command of Tukur Buratai in an overhanded reaction to protesting youth, hunted down, killed and secretly buried as many as 1000 Muslims across five distinct locations in Zaria. Exactly one year ago, President Muhammadu Buhari assured in ... |
A Robust Economy Under Jonathan Than NowMonday, August 21, 2017
The socio-political situation in Nigeria has called for an overview to offer an insight into the true state of the nation. Regardless of what politicians and public officeholders are peddling in the media about the economy, the fact remains that it is the citizenry who are better positioned to evalu ... |
The President's Morning BroadcastMonday, August 21, 2017
During his throughly uninspiring six minute broadcast this morning instead of appealing to Nigerians for patience and understanding and instead of apologising to them for the ineptitude and sheer incompetence that his government has displayed over the last 2 years, President Muhammadu Buhari has ret ... |
Wike: High tension no more, political fortunes have dwindledMonday, August 21, 2017
In the build-up to the 2015 gubernatorial election in Rivers State, clothed with a dramatic name that massaged his ego and intoxicated his young volatile followers, Governor Nyesom Wike piloted a political movement that inundated Rivers State with uncertainty. Wike displayed the posturing of a man w ... |
Dear Osinbajo, In Addition To "Hate Speech" Here Are Other Things That Are TerroSunday, August 20, 2017
I was excited to read of Acting president Yemi Osinbajo 39;s tough talk against quot;hate speech. quot; I am one who has classified the Acting president as quot;weak; quot; as someone too soft to talk tough and walk the bold walk against the enemies of Nigeria and towards our desperately needed p ... |
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