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When Eni Ogun meets Eniogun
‘The man dies in him who keeps silent in the face of tyranny’THOSE immortal words of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka were produced by his experience in the gulag for his opposition to the senseless war Nigeria fought against…
Osun verdict: Technicality defeats justice
“The judge should appreciate that in the final analysis the end of law is justice. He should therefore endeavor to see that the law and the justice of the individual case he is trying go hand in hand... To this end he should be advised…
The true meaning of Ruga
IT’S a monumental tragedy for Nigeria that our conversations in the last four years have mostly been about barbarism. At a time when even African countries are manufacturing vehicles that would not consume fuel, we have been bogged down…
Abnormal now our new normal
THE words of my Danish journalist-friend have been rushing back at me lately. Nick was in Nigeria when we started the latest experiment in civil rule to access state of things in a country rising from Sani Abacha ruinous years, with a view…
June 12 and hypocrisies after the fact
“If this government truly believes in June 12, the last presidential election wouldn’t have been allowed to stand because it did not reflect the true wishes of Nigerians as June 12 truly did.” – Yinka OdumakinPRELUDE to the…
Will NASS become a state assembly?
A good friend of mine who is an encyclopaedia on Nigerian politics told me a pathetic story a few days back. He had visited a governor-friend years back and as they went in, he saw the Speaker of the state House of Assembly and the clerk…
Give us men like Awo, Enahoro and co
I am trying to get a copy of Professor Pat Utomi’s latest book as I am fascinated by the chapter on how criminals hijacked the Nigerian political space. We cannot forget in a hurry how Senator Nuhu Aliyu got up one day on the floor of the…
Has evil triumphed?
Revolutionary change does not come as one cataclysmic moment, but as an endless succession of surprises, moving zigzag toward a more decent society. We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change.…
Nigeria on death bed: Oddities all over
TYLER Durdlen did a good job on how a country dies gradually without its inhabitants knowing what is happening, because both brilliant and dullard get tasked. He said those living during the decline of Rome were likely unaware that anything…
Soviet Union’s final hours: Lessons for Nigeria
ENEMIES of Nigeria who oppose calls for the restructuring of the country have been at their baddest loud lately, as if in some form of triumphalism. No reasonable person can understand them because even the most pathetic of retards can see…