The death of the Chief of Staff to the President from COVID 19 has drawn the reality close to the government and the people on the need to take this matter seriously. As painful as his death maybe, just as for other deaths too, there is now the need for government to know that the … Read more
The above headline was the way I felt, after the recent visitation of the Presidential Task Force on CORVID-19 to Governor Babajide Sanwoolu and coronavirus prevention facilities in Lagos. The leader of the Task Force, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, is not known to be a … Read more
“When the world around us changes for the worse, it’s not the snap of fingers which will bring it back to the earlier position, it will take courage, thinking, teamwork and sacrifices to bring normalcy to the chaos” – Shahenshash Khan. It’s globally acknowledged that education is the bedrock of development and the most important … Read more
The world is passing through hard times and all eyes can see it! Like a trainee actor, waiting for a superstar to mentor him to stardom, coronavirus disease, aka COVID-19, is threatening to run the people out of their minds; and it is as if the gods are angry! At the last count, no fewer … Read more
The death of the Nigerian Educational System has been successfully executed by the bandits in the corridors of power in this nation. From primary to university level, nothing is left to actually prove to ordinary Nigerian that any meaningful injection of humanity has been added to the only sector where all others have their oasis. … Read more
Correcting the havoc of the decadence in the Nigerian socio-political sphere is not a task that could be achieved in a few years of democratization as many believe. The fact that most people in the country are not in their ‘real sense of being’ when commenting on the supposedly controversial issues in the polity is … Read more
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In the wake of a global pandemic called coronavirus, medically termed “COVID-19”, the outbreak of the disease in Wuhan, China, sometimes in December 2019 is taking tolls on the global economy with adverse effects on the well being of all people. Because many countries including the United States of America have been forced to go … Read more
Once upon a sociopolitical space, there was an unknown ‘Edo Boy’, who came into limelight through the Textiles Industry, where he was a paid secretary of its Union. (Conventionally, paid secretaries are never made political heads. But Adams Oshiomhole became the political head of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which, in itself, was an anomaly). The … Read more
With the public outrage following the flouting of government’s directives by some religious institutions last weekend over the number of worshippers that could attend mosques and churches for prayers in the face of the deadly pandemic ravaging the world, God may have nullified some supplications for putting His creations in danger. The contribution of a … Read more
The kerefish waka on the roads has dwindled The kurukere crowd dispersed The motor parks lack the motor vehicles Humans confined like people in shackles Forced to fight in this battle The markets that used to be crowded Now deserted or left uncrowded The schools on forced holiday No teaching, no child running around in … Read more
Lagos is the 5th largest economy in Africa and the lockdown declared by President Muhammadu Buhari for 14 days will affect not just its over 20 million people but the whole of Nigeria and probably West Africa. Lagos has overtime grown to become the melting point of all forms of businesses, culture, traditions and people … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari in his New Year address to the nation for 2020 conveyed a powerful message which should have resonated with all Rotarians: “Our policies are designed to promote genuine balanced growth that delivers jobs and rewards industry.” To the best of my knowledge, Rotarians ignored both the message and the messenger. In similar … Read more
“We must make sure about two things, namely: that our principles are just and that our methods are practical; for nothing destroys her own ends as unjust principles and impractical methods and approach.”- Obafemi Awolowo. Twenty-three years ago, yours sincerely authored an article on one of Nigeria’s never-ending development plans. The intervention, entitled, ‘Vision 2010 … Read more
Sunday March 22, I was at the Port Harcourt local Airport as early as 6am. I had been informed by Arik that Airport and land borders in Ghana would close midnight Sunday. I had to leave Nigeria. I was slated to leave on Monday 23rd, so, I had to get to the Airport in PH … Read more
Please, excuse me if the above headline sounds offensive; it is not intended to be so, but rather influenced by an annoying acquiescence of the custodians of our healthcare system to an obviously serious national issue. Put mildly, it is to nudge them to the reality of danger and its associated consequences staring everyone in … Read more
To Nigerians, that the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has been dethroned is incontrovertibly established. However, the nuances and the sociological imports of his dethronement should not be lost in society. To start with, the allegations made against the deposed Emir were, up till now, neither substantiated nor provided credible and sufficient reasons … Read more
On Monday, the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, finally had his pound of flesh when he masterminded the unceremonious ouster of Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano from the throne. Sanusi was accused of many things, notably the “total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the state governor and … Read more
If you are an ardent follower of Nigerian politics, you cannot claim not to know the new but not-so-new Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, the billionaire politician whose strides since he was sworn in has left citizens oohing and aahing. In a political landscape where elected officials hardly deliver on their electoral promises, Governor … Read more
Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any substance or element of truth in the rumoured presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then, he will have to take some serious steps for it to become a reality. Charity, they say, begins at home! For him to be sellable to the majority of Nigerians, Tinubu must metamorphose … Read more
There really is not much to add to the cascading accolades already showered on the celebrant as well as the avalanche of encomiums. Indeed, it is tempting to draw the curtain with the sound of the gavel from the Court Clerk: “Case Adjourned”. Justice has been served by what has been entered in the records … Read more