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Nigerian Army: Timelines of lies and a million skulls in Ogun’s shrine
THE Yoruba anticipate the fate of Mrs. Aishat Mohammed. Aftermath the murders, horrendous plunder and arson on the city of Lagos about two weeks ago, Mohammed was one of the captives of the law. Or lawlessness. Gagged like sardines in a can…
The bloody or bloodless massacre of Lekki
As leaders of the youth miscreants who invaded the palace of Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, triumphantly made away with the monarch’s insignia of office last Wednesday, writ large in my subconscious was same image in celebrated…
Revolt of the twitter generation, monsters we created
In the last one week or so of the rise of the #EndSARS protest across the country, a damp gleam of hope for Nigeria lit me up. I dare say same for many of our compatriots. It is just like the gleaming multicolour of an emerging rainbow. All…
Akeredolu, Akure people and primordial instinct
By way of beginning, this is to congratulate Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on his phenomenal win of the October 10, 2020 gubernatorial election. The governor, however, jolted poll watchers when he announced his disappointment…
Forty five minutes with Babajide Sanwo-Olu
A little over a month back, I was engrafted into a private sector-driven entourage billed to pay the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, a courtesy visit. It was an opportunity to meet him for the first time and subject his grips…
#EndSARS: Police impunity and Nero’s guitar
AS I made to angrily start the car, he howled, “Move an inch from there! If I no waste you now and dem bury you today, call me a bastard!”I froze. His voice clattered like pebbles jangled over one another. That word singed my flesh like…
ICC: Wages of mediocrity and Governor Abiodun’s justification of Laycon
TWO very symptomatic occurrences filtered into the system last week. One was the poor performance of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee for election to the International Criminal Court (ICC) jury, Justice Ishaq Usman Bello, Chief Judge of…
Goodnight, Joseph Chijioke Oyibo
TWO days ago, 57 year-old Joseph Chijioke Oyibo, who died on September 21, 2020, was interred at his Amutu village in Ezi-Nze, Udi local government of Enugu State. Oyibo, a civil servant of decades, was said to have died of cardiac arrest.…
Buhari’s 60th anniversary broadcast as Pimper’s Paradise
THE origin of Pimper’s Paradise may be hard to locate. While a school of thought feels it must have originated from the word “pimp,” a reference to someone who makes a life of procuring customers for whores, another sees it as off-shoot…
Maradi as Buhari’s 60th birthday present to Nigeria
MARADI, one of the three largest cities in Niger Republic, may yet be the metaphor of the fragility of the Nigerian State and an explainer of Nigeria’s 60 years post-independence wonky journey, in the most succinct manner. With the…