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Declining opportunities, rising insecurity and a bleak economic outlook have created an environment polluted by anger. This anger has bred a growing rank of political fundamentalists and fanatics. There is palpable anger on Nigeria social media platforms whenever politics is at issue and what is at issue these days, if not the 2023 elections? In […]
Continue ReadingA member of the editorial board of the online newspaper, Premium Times and a weekly columnist, Mrs. Bamidele Ademola-Olateju is one of the 14 Commissioner-nominees whose names were sent by the governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu to the Ondo State House of Assembly for confirmation. Consequent upon that, she has stated as presented below how she […]
Continue ReadingRight after the treaty ending the Kiriji War was signed, a renaissance of Yoruba culture, norms and economic development was induced. The logical end result to cement the advances was the 1948 formation of the Egbe Omo Oduduwa, which eventually transformed into the Action Group, a political party. The Action Group ascended into power under […]
Continue ReadingNigeria has a lot to learn from the difficulties currently facing Kenya over the repayment of its Chinese-financed standard gauge railway (SGR). The $3.3 billion SGR cargo train is one of Kenya’s largest infrastructure projects since independence. Long before the pandemic, passenger traffic and cargo volume had fallen below expectations. With the third wave of […]
Continue ReadingEveryday, every new evil, every mass abduction, kidnapping for ransom, herdsmen killing, has become a test of what we can tolerate. When evil visit To purge evil from this land and to rid all antecedents that fed it, our best is what we have to do by every legal, constitutional, and moral means.To purge evil […]
Continue ReadingFrom Europe to Asia and the Middle East, the international news networks have painted torrid scenes for days, about the aftermath of the withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan. The issue for Nigeria is how to interpret what has happened, in view of our local war on terrorism, banditry and the herdsmen menace. The insurgents […]
Continue ReadingKano, a once proud, international centre of commerce and culture, has been overrun by religious charlatans, zealots and hypocrites. Kano has become the world headquarters of Almajirai and by extension, the centre of excellence for exclusion and downward mobility. No society progresses by truncating human development. No society grows by stifling liberty. When the Kano […]
Continue ReadingAre Nigerian rulers (not leaders) as dumb as some of us think? No! In the last few months, I have wrestled with a lot of questions on how Nigeria’s ruling elite thinks and acts. I have wondered if they are smart or just plain stupid. I haven’t thought of them as being clever, until I […]
Continue ReadingAt the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 19th century England, textile workers (referred to as Luddites) protested mechanisation because they feared machines would replace the jobs they were doing by hand. In their futile attempt at stopping the Industrial Revolution, they burnt factories, destroyed machines and killed factory owners who purchased machines to replace […]
Continue ReadingAn autocrat is an autocrat. There is nothing like a reformed autocrat or a recovering autocrat, after all, a leopard never changes its spots. We should have known it would come to this, Buhari’s #Twitterban. In 1984, Buhari passed the infamous Protection Against False Accusations Decree, dubbed Decree 4. Till date, it is still the […]
Continue ReadingWas Nigeria in its geographic sense created to last or was it a convenient contraption for extractive purposes? Since the birth of this republic, ethnic discontent and violence have been one of its characteristic markers. Before and after the Civil War, there was never a national consolidation based on the principle of federalism within the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria may bury its head in the sand, but self-determination is the issue of our time. Events are moving fast. The crowd pulling stunt by Sunday Igboho in Akure, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s response, and the self-promoting “Southwest” APC summit in Lagos show that self-determination has become the key issue for the Yoruba. No matter the […]
Continue ReadingIs the Lagos State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission law based on the right thing to do and, or the common good? As a keen observer of Nigeria’s political climate, political expediency is embossed into and inosculated with this law. It looks calculated and crafted to help and advance the political fortunes of some powerful people in […]
Continue Reading“Twitter is now present on the continent. Thank you Ghana and Nana Akufo-Addo”. Those were the words of the co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, in a tweet yesterday. Within two minutes, yes two minutes, the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo tweeted: “The choice of Ghana as HQ for Twitter’s Africa operations is EXCELLENT […]
Continue ReadingThe Kidnap of 344 (?) boys from their school in Kankara, Katsina State highlights the criminal activities of bandits through armed robbery, kidnapping, mass slaughter, rape and cattle rustling. Basically, bandits have colonised Danmusa, Dandume, Kankara, Batsari, Sabuwa, and Jibia local governments of the State. Few, if any, federal officer, political office holder or academic […]
Continue ReadingOn September 8, Terwase Akwaza, a.k.a Gana, a wanted Benue State militant, was killed by the Nigerian military and his corpse was exhibited like a trophy at the back of a pick-up truck. There is something wrong with how we treat human beings, dead or alive. It betrays a fundamental loss of dignity in us, […]
Continue ReadingPerception! What we do and how we do it contribute immensely to the image others have of us. For long, our elders have put those of us who respect culture, cherish traditions, who are neither elders nor youths, in a difficult situation. We are torn between respecting hierarchy and risk being seen as tolerating closed-mindedness […]
Continue ReadingNo bush fowl is bigger than the other, except the one perched on a heap. To be on that heap, politicians over-egg their academic achievements in a bid to distinguish themselves and stand out from the crowd. This recurring lie about educational attainment by candidates for political office, as well as those already elected, is […]
Continue ReadingThat the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is a silo of corruption is not in doubt. What is confounding is the punishing joke the agency has become to the people of the Niger Delta who they are meant to help and Nigerians whose resources are being pillaged. Recently, the head of the NDDC, Professor Kemebradikumo […]
Continue ReadingThe outlandish claims and conspiracy theories meant to shame and malign Bill and Melinda Gates were initially imbecilic and unworthy of attention. In the last few days, as fear mounted and the American body count went up, the lies and twists gained currency and became outrightly shameful. What started in the dark recesses of QAnon […]
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