WE HAVE DIFFERENT PATHS TO TREAD IN LIFE
There’s a board in my office at State House, Abuja, which I recommend for everyone to have in whichever traffic lane of life they operate: office, home, church, mosque, anywhere, everywhere. It would remind...
RE: OYIGBO, GOVERNOR WIKE AND THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT
Our attention has been drawn to the Editorial of Daily Independent Newspaper, on November 5, 2020, titled: "Oyigbo, Governor Wike And Blood Of The Innocent.” Beyond dismissing it as the now fashionable campaign by all...
#EndSARS: INSIDE PMB’S PARLEY WITH FORMER HEADS OF STATE
It was very touching, poignant, as President Muhammadu Buhari met with all living former heads of state on October 23, 2020, to discuss the state of the nation. For about two weeks, the country had...
The Plight of Persons With Disabilities Worsens Amidst COVID-19, #EndSars Protests
The raging protest, across the country is not just about police brutalities. It is also about bad governance, injustice and plundering of the nation’s scarce resources. Nigeria is certainly boiling and the conflagration may degenerate, if...
Akwa Ibom: Before We Turn the Bend towards Self-Destruct
A lot of things have happened in Akwa Ibom State during the past one week that makes one upset and equally depressed at the same time. I had refrained from making comments about my state...
A Bat From Hell And The Asiwaju Of Blood
My dear Asiwaju Tinubu, Even if the whole country is cowed and mesmerised by you and applauds your callousness, vanity, evil, subterfuge, deceit, ruthlessness, obsessive ambitions, lack of fear of God and doublespeak I FFK,...
IF NIGERIA DIES, HATRED KILLED HER
What a week it has been for our own dear native land! Just at the beginning of the month, as the country turned 60 as an independent entity, President Muhammadu Buhari had charged us...
WIKE’S MAVERICK CONFORMISM
We read the opinion piece with the above title, published in The Nation Newspapers of October 18, 2020, under the 'Barometre' section and despite some of the snide, tasteless oxymoronic innuendos colouring it, the...
Repackaging And Rebranding Of SARS Not Enough
The past few days have not been the best for the Nigerian Police Force. The widespread protests over the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) began as the massive young population became tired of SARS’ operations....
PMB, THIS SON OF A TEACHER SAYS THANK YOU
“A good teacher is like a candle-it consumes itself to light the way for others,” said Turkish statesman, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. And that is what teachers in Nigeria had been for ages. They burn themselves...
Nigeria @60: Year-long Birthday Celebrations For The Sick
The other day the Federal Government of Nigeria declared a year-long celebration of Nigeria's diamond jubilee or 60 years since our 'independence'. The rumour about that plan appeared like a cruel joke until it...
A PRESIDENT AND HIS ADVISERS
what is wedlock forced but hell,
An age of discord and continual strife
Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss
And is a pattern of celestial peace."
William Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI NINE hundred and sixty six (966) days from today,...
Mr. President, Just Do It.
I saw in one of the newspapers last Saturday the photograph of President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor of Niger State, Mr. Abubakar Sani-Bello. Both of them did an elbow bump, thus avoiding a handshake...