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Nigeria presents as one huge theatre to onlookers, sometimes, it makes them scratch their heads in bewilderment. Such was the pronouncement of Judge Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, FCT, on March 8, 2022, invalidating the mandate of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe. The governor and his deputy […]
Continue ReadingThat there is a huge discrepancy between the potential wealth and the reality of poverty in African states is uncontested. The continent is endowed with abundant human and natural resources from the North: petroleum and gas; to the East: gold, gas, uranium, copper, etc. To the West: iron-ore, phosphate, titanium, gold, timber, diamonds, and petroleum. […]
Continue ReadingRevelations after revelations from the “Pandora Papers” unearthed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, (a consortium of some 300 journalists around the world), have been splashed through print and broadcast media, nonstop, throughout last week. The revelations are extracts from the financial details of some very prominent and wealthy individuals around the world, and […]
Continue ReadingWhen a political leader becomes decidedly obstinate in nature, journalists and observers often run out of the right superlatives to describe his daily action. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), reflects this sentiment adequately well. The Nigerian population and the Presidency currently live in a parallel universe, which spells trouble of a magnitude no […]
Continue ReadingThe English Premier League’s glory was on full display last Sunday May 29, 2021, in Porto, Portugal, as Chelsea took on Manchester City for the coveted UEFA Champions’ League trophy. Chelsea won against the favourites, Manchester City, and Nigerians have been celebrating non-stop since then. Nigerians would have been celebrating either way, since both teams […]
Continue ReadingThe United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) is one of America’s 11 major military bases dotted around the globe for the purpose of protecting and defending its national security interests, and those of its allies. America, being the leading Western military superpower, has been bearing the brunt of Western security since the end of WWII. The […]
Continue ReadingA lot has been written and said about Nigeria@60 since the beginning of the annual October 1 independence celebrations, last year, and quite rightly so. For the historian, 60 years is like a fortnight in the trajectory of any nation, but for the political observer, 60 is a milestone in the evolution of a nation. The quiet […]
Continue ReadingLooking at this well-worn phrase in reverse, it is apt to start the review of 2020, the annus horribilis of modern time, with the most ugly of the century: the coronavirus pandemic and its continuing ravaging impact. It has just been discovered that a strain of the virus has mutated into a more deadly disease than known […]
Continue ReadingIt is said never to kick a man when he is already down. Well, ‘Arakunrin’ (gentleman) Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, is a man both on top and on the up. He has just won a hard-fought governorship election in Ondo State, held last Saturday, October 10, 2020. The result was declared the following day, Sunday, […]
Continue ReadingLet us take a deep breath as we wade through the content of this piece. It is not as controversial as the impulse from the headline would make you think. There is really nothing new in what is being said here that is not readily acknowledged by most decent people up and down this blessed […]
Continue ReadingBefore anyone decries this piece as ‘anti-North’, or even ‘pro-North’, it is neither. Most readers familiar with the ethos of this column would agree. What you are reading is simply a dialogue (albeit) a hard, but necessary dialogue we need to have with one another as compatriots. Jaw-jaw, they say, is better than war-war is […]
Continue ReadingI was with a group of businessmen friends of mine in a busy high street the other day, and witnessed several battery-powered, hand-held, rolling plastic ‘fan’ people were dangling across their faces and sweaty necks in a valiant but ultimately futile effort to cool off under the blazing sun. I looked in bemusement, wondering aloud […]
Continue ReadingThe announcement of Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as the Chief of Staff to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), a couple of weeks ago generated a lot of heated discussions in the media about the man, his thoughts, beliefs, comportment and philosophy. It is quite right for that level of attention to be unleashed […]
Continue ReadingThe word, “palliative”, a nice medical terminology for the care of patients and their families with life-threatening illnesses has been in vogue of late. It has become rather overused in the last couple of months in reference to welfare provision for citizens in severe hardship. “Palliative” is the wrong word for welfare and social security […]
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