One of the much vaunted and supposedly sacrosanct features of democracy according to America, is the power of the people and the inviolability of the ballot box in choosing who leads the country. Added to this is a smooth transition of power from one administration to another even where there is a ‘hostile takeover’, that … Read more
Banji: A Speaker Speaks No More! Rita: How poetic! How dramatic! Uyi: How decisive! Now there will be peace in the world! Rita: Excuse me. Now you are being sarcastic! Uyi: In a world of absurdities, it is sarcasm that keeps one sane! Rita: It has been poetic to me, anyway. That’s my opinion. Banji: … Read more
Jolomi: At last President Bola Ahmed Tinubu agreed to participate in the traditional media chat after one and a half years in office. For so long, he simply and stoically ignored jibes about his refusal to speak at some length to the media. Of course, there were all kind of mischievous insinuations bordering … Read more
The Nigerian public space is currently dominated by a defamation brouhaha, with some alluding to a David and Goliath scenario, with either a fight-to-finish or a crushing, decimation outcome. The matter is subjudice; so, I am not going to dwell on specifics. The insinuations in the ongoing case are not healthy, and as some have … Read more
The old year dies. An old year dies. New hopes arise. Twenty-twenty-four will die in days. Never to return. It will go into the abyss. We shall not miss it. Or, most of us will not miss it. It will be remembered as the year of infinite hardship in Nigeria. A year of … Read more
One of the interesting proverbs I picked up in our General African Studies (GAS 201) course with the late Professor Jabez Olowo Ojoade in the University of Jos in 1979 was ‘it is a bastard child that points at his homestead with his left hand! The Akan people of Ghana put it this … Read more
Ejiro: I am amazed that fake news has become part of our national life! Fake news about religion. Fake news about life. Fake news about deaths. Fake news about the economy. Fake news about kidnappings. Fake news about EFCC. Fake news about the police. Fake news about the cost of PMS. Fake news … Read more
Uyi: There’s hunger in the land. Ebi pa wa! People can barely feed. Inflation is creating havoc on our salaries! People are dying like flies because of depression. Too many suicides are taking place. Those claim it was their turn to rule, let them now say that it is their turn to feed … Read more