Thursday, November 21st, 2024



  • Religious leaders in Nigeria and their shocking unguarded utterances.

    Religious leaders in Nigeria and their shocking unguarded utterances.0

    • Nigeria
    • Thursday, January 27th, 2022

    In Nigeria and other societies, religious leaders are held in high esteem. They enjoy certain rights and privileges that are not accorded to ordinary citizens. Clergymen are highly respected and are seen to belong to an exclusive club of special citizens that are almost untouchable.  Religious leaders in Nigeria and their biases This view is

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  • Muhammadu Buhari: In the twilight days of his administration.

    Muhammadu Buhari: In the twilight days of his administration.2

    • Nigeria
    • Thursday, January 13th, 2022

    That President Muhammadu Buhari rode to power in the 2015 general elections on the then-popular mantra of change is to say the obvious. He was seen to possess the requisite leadership qualities, integrity, credibility, and uprightness to turn around the dwindling fortune of the most populous black nation on earth. President Muhammadu Buhari’s last days

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  • We Will Meet the Barbarians at the Gate: No Retreat, No Surrender, No Plan B!

    We Will Meet the Barbarians at the Gate: No Retreat, No Surrender, No Plan B!0

    In 1842 Thomas Babington Macauly wrote my favourite poem titled ‘Horatius at the Gate’ and made a point that we can all learn from in Nigeria today. He wrote: “Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: “To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die

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  • LASTMA as an instrument of extortion and entrapment in Lagos State.

    LASTMA as an instrument of extortion and entrapment in Lagos State.0

    The supposed purpose of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) is to “manage traffic in Lagos State, Nigeria”. In other words, LASTMA is traffic wardens tasked with the sole purpose of managing the free flow of traffic. But, as a lot of Lagosians will observe, the agency has morphed into a money-making machine both

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  • Unmasking A Jihadi Masquerade: The Many Faces Of Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami

    Unmasking A Jihadi Masquerade: The Many Faces Of Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami0

    Nigerian Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami is a man of many descriptions. To some, he is a bright-eyed, relentlessly intelligent and academically competent Young Turk, who has found his way into the topmost level of Nigeria’s government at the relatively young age of 48. The Many Faces Of Isa Ali

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  • Pendulum: The Truth My Fulani Friends Must Accept By Dele Momodu.

    Pendulum: The Truth My Fulani Friends Must Accept By Dele Momodu.0

    “Everything that has a beginning must have an end. As they say on the street: “E fit take time, but one day, one day, Monkey go go market” “I love this quote about injustice: “Every person remembers some moment in their life where they witnessed some injustice, big or small, and looked away because the

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