The rabble rousing over Ogun LG funds
On December 21, 2010, Wale Adedayo, the recently suspended chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, wrote in a social media…
Europe in thick darkness
THERE is a reason I trash the popular magazines I receive from Europe very quickly, and it’s the insufferable arrogance…
Before ECOWAS’ bloody sacrifice in Niger
THE war in Sierra Leone shattered humanity, and Gbanabom Hallowell documented the horrors in dark lines: “Dinner tonight comes with…
Ilorin is Yorubaland till next tomorrow
No one would have dared, when Ilorin was founded by the Yoruba in 1450, to rail against the practitioners of…
Of World Bully, Falcons and FRANCOWAS
THREE developments this week illustrate the sad fate of Black people in today’s world. The first relates to Uganda, denied…
Our leaders tell too many lies
Alarmed by the fake promises of Nigerian leaders, Christopher Okigbo wrote in the 60s: “Today-for tomorrow, today becomes yesterday/How many…
The Dasukization of Emefiele
THERE is no better way to describe Nigeria’s secret police and leading anti-graft agency; they are insecure, lawless agencies. As…
Where are Benjamin Mendy’s accusers?
SINCE the French international Benjamin Mendy was recently cleared of the rape/attempted rape allegations leveled against him by some whores,…
Subterfuge on the high seas
The sea has long fascinated humanity as a big slice of life. A store of value, it has spawned battles…
Of kindness and its measurement
SOMETIME in 1913, British Quaker Elizabeth Fry, commemorated on the £5 note until May 2017, saw a ghastly image at…
Nigerians are groaning and dying
“‘There are many ways of dying!’ the Nurse shouts at us. Pain is etched in his voice, and rage has…
Being retiree should not be passport to penury
Recently on a visit to Ilaji Hotels and Resorts in the Ona Ara area of Ibadan, I was left completely…
Demolishing Abba Yusuf
The Kano State governor, Mr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, is having himself a ball at the moment undoing virtually everything his…
Each time Nigerian leaders eat palm oil, they prove they’re cursed
IF you have had something to eat today, chances are that you have already eaten palm oil. Palm oil is…
Welcome to rederede
For the first time in this Republic, power is in the hands of career politicians. And we all know politicians…
Plateau of blood
JOS, on a good day, is a joy to watch, from the Police College area to Murtala Muhammed. The sun…
The Seun Kuti overkill
I shall begin this piece with a folk story. It so happened, we are told, that a motley crowd of…
Senate’s Christian practice bill
If Ahmad Lawan and his co-travellers have their way, a contraption called the National Council for Christian Education (NCCE) will…
The lynching of Ike Ekweremadu
IN 1991, as current US President Joe Biden and his colleagues in the US Senate played the game that Justice…
The onslaught on Uganda
FOR many reasons, Western countries cannot cease pursuing an Africa recreated in their own image. For one, African countries tend…
