Why are these transport thieves still fleecing Nigerians in January?
Certain Nigerians complaining about the government sound like saints. But if you do business with them, you will discover that…
Ayodele Fayose, do you earn interest on your current account?
Until the build-up to the 2003 general election when he amassed massive political capital by distributing potable water to needy…
The failed recruits threatening to join Boko Haram
ON Christmas Day this week, the US Government and the Nigerian authorities responded to the “climate change” operations in the…
Another moment of applause for Tunji-Ojo
IN my piece, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo’s masterclass (November 25, 2023), I wrote: “Recognizing the threats posed by the ugly spectre of…
When will Sheikh Gumi be prosecuted for terrorism?
IF and then the government decides to stop terrorism in Nigeria, it will put the Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi,…
The constant appeasement of killer-herders
ALL animals are equal, George Orwell wrote in his famous novel, Animal Farm, but some are more equal than others.…
The practicality of prosperity (II)
In Part 1, we talked about shedding the guilt and redefining the “love of money” from worship to respect—respect for…
Yes, Bassey Otu, bring back our Tinapa
FOR obvious reasons, news that the Cross River State Government led by Senator Bassey Otu has fully repossessed and is…
Tell Princess to boil Baba Ijesha for breakfast
In the eight chapter of the Book of John, we read of an encounter between Jesus, an adulterous woman, and…
What shall we call northerners defending terrorists?
Sixteen years ago (August 2009), the Nigerian Tribune published the gory details of the execution of George Orji, Pastor of…
The second killing of the victims of Fulani terror
THE way things are going at the moment, we are in the world of JP Clark’s The Casualties (and Cyrian…
Democracy as terrorism in Tanzania, Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire
In Africa, elections today — even democracy itself, in case you haven’t got the memo — are coronations. And for…
The G.O as orisa akunlebo
Reciting the Eyo masquerade’s chant in his epochal album, Consolidation (1993), Wasiu Ayinde, the king of Fuji music, declared with…
What are we teaching our children?
If I read news of the death of Arise News anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, at her residence in Katampe, Abuja, on…
The massacre of Yoruba people in Kwara
If you think that the ongoing massacre of Yoruba people in Kwara State by Fulani terrorists is some farmer-herder clash,…
Nigeria and the curse of unification
SOME people habitually devour meals they have not paid for with animal ferocity, and they don’t care whether they are…
Of brainy bandits and fraudulent peace deal in Katsina State
In OAU, Ile-Ife, as an undergraduate, I was familiar with this popular saying by campus politicians: “Blessed are the mugunizers…
Natasha: Akpabio and his Senate’s criminal overreach
Philosophers have extensively discussed the dangers of power grabs and unconstitutional seizures of power. To take just one salient example,…
The bilious onslaught on Lagos by the megaphone up North
IT isn’t my practice to call out media outfits but the dundu (fried yam) of the newspaper up North is…
Their imperial majesties and pernicious romance of a bygone age
TODAY it is the fashion to be an Imperial Majesty. Kings across the land are keying in. Among the children…
