2015: The year of democracy
What is the most compelling, most impactful and most remarkable issue in the year 2015 that has just ended? In my estimation, it is democracy: its contents and discontents, its…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Most Convoluted Explanations
President Muhammadu Buhari’s explanations of why he is holding Messrs. Kanu and Dasuki despite court rulings exposes PMB for who he is as opposed to who he wants the world…
The military, ‘Zaria massacre’ and a defective federation
The recent violent confrontation between soldiers and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) should not come as a surprise to anyone who understands the Nigerian state. It was…
Emefiele is not the problem
The Naira is taking an unprecedented bashing in our parallel Foreign Exchange Markets. In the Parallel Market, the Dollar sold for as high as N280 and the Pound Sterling N398…
Ministry of Sports: Enough is Enough, Egocentric Criminal Actions Must End – Part 2
Have you ever wondered why an individual chooses poverty over legitimate wealth in the absence of religious or moral constraint? Ever wonder why a leader chooses to suffer his team…
El-Zakzaky, Religion And The Nigerian State
So much has been said about the December 12 confrontation between the Nigerian Army and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria led by Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, the leader of…
Oh Foolish Republicans—Who Has Bewitched You?
America votes for a new president in 2016. If the last British election is of any lesson, it is the vicissitudes of vaticinating an outcome—premised on polls and punditry predictions.…
Massacres in the Land, the Idiocy of “Change” and the Conspiracy of Watchdogs
With the recent and continued killing of innocent, harmless, armless, hapless and helpless Nigerians by the Buhari administration, Nigerians are beginning to wonder if there was any real meaning in…
Ministry of Sports: Enough is Enough, Egocentric Criminal Actions Must End – Part 1
This is one of those occasions where obedience to illegality can never exonerate the loyal follower, no; this article is not about the regime of former President Jonathan rather about…
No Finishing School for Oshiomhole
I have read, first with discomfort, and then with something akin to horror, the words that have been attributed to my dear governor, Adams Oshiomhole. I call him “my dear…