In and Out

It is universally known already that Great Britain has since voted to be no more part of the European Union. And the biggest “casualty” of that electoral exercise that has entered history and record books as Brexit is none other than the…

Our House of Reps will never be our House of Reps again. We all know why. That place where our parliamentarians, where our legislators, paddle budgets which they have legislated in favour of cannot be the same again. Until the present place…

We devoured our president’s pre-election promises and slogan with our eyes, ears and nostrils of belief.  It was so easy for us to do this. After all, why not, when his predecessor disillusioned us with his style of governance that…

I have just learnt from the presidency that President Buhari is “suffering from tyranny of high expectations” (see Nigerian Tribune of Monday, 15 August, 2016). All of us who read the story/report would react to it differently. And those…

I have just read in this newspaper and other ones that the Buhari regime wants to relaunch his WAI (War Against Indiscipline) Brigade (see, for instance, page 5 of Nigerian Tribune of Tuesday, 09 August, 2016). This WAI Brigade was one of…

READERS, I mean very regular regulars of this column who have an ardent longing for it, would not hesitate, if pertinently questioned, to answer that I have a burning love for newspapers. In fact, as I love newspapers ardently, so also do…

I am writing this morning about the pathetic failure of “Yoruba leaders” to protect, defend, and uphold the wellbeing (and even the existence) of their Yoruba nation in Nigeria. And by “Yoruba leaders” I mean not just politicians but also…

Two great Nigerian military generals are currently in the news and interestingly so. Of course, these two great generals have since retired from the Nigerian Army, our great Army that has seen interestingly rough and perilous times,…

I am beginning today’s writing with a substantial quotation of the very first paragraph of last Monday’s column: “Many of us who are familiar with literature or who follow books with pleasure as ants suck sugar...  endlessly and…

Many of us who are familiar with literature or who follow books with pleasure as ants suck sugar or honey endlessly and patiently, cannot but always remember the intellectual honesty of George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair…