I was in Lagos last week. I had left Abuja with a 1pm First Nation Airline flight that was delayed for about 30 minutes and arrived in Lagos some minutes to 3pm. Since I started travelling by air, last week Sunday’s flight to Lagos was my worst experience. The aircraft was just in trouble from
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The existence of a pirate radio, Radio Chanji, whose signals have for some time now been beamed across some northern states apart from being a national embarrassment, has once again shown the extent some Nigerians and their foreign collaborators are willing to go in subverting the laws of the land for personal purposes. Last week, […]
A child will be born in a rural village in Nigeria today. The mother of that child will hold, feed, comfort and care for her new baby – just as any mother would do anywhere in the world even if the long-awaited presidential election in Nigeria is finally around the corner. So, as Nigerians prepare […]
‘One serious danger, which looms large for democratizing Africa, is the daunting task of operationalizing the principles and values of democracy in historical conditions that are markedly different from those of the established liberal democracies.’Claude Ake, in 1996 asked the question: `Is Africa Democraticizing? Through an earthshaking cum intriguing continental survey,
The political party primaries in Nigeria have drawn to a close and voters now have a clearer picture of whose turn it might be to divide up the national cake after the elections in February 2015. But the winning candidates won’t be the only ones taking their share of the country’s riches. In Nigeria, news […]
As APC continues its relentless onslaught on Goodluck Jonathan and his administration, there is this telling near-silence from the ranks of PDP and others that bear the most duty and possess the best information and wherewithal to defend him. It is profound enough for one to wager that if they are too cowed to defend […]
As we enter a New Year today, it is all too easy to give in to despair and despondency at the current state of Nigeria. The gap between our tremendous potentials as a country and our actual attainments is depressing and disheartening. For a country as endowed with human, material and natural resources as Nigeria, […]
This probably will be my last article on the forthcoming Nigerian general elections that will start from February 14. It is an article that is specifically crafted to serve as my final warnings before darkness falls upon the nation. Much as I would have liked to register my imprint on the outcomes of the elections […]
“Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel”. 1Pet 3:3. To adorn is to put on a garment. It may be a casual dress, a gorgeous wear or a working dress as the occasion may demand. Of course, we […]
With The Testimony Of A NASA Engineer Let’s examine the Bible Old Testament anew in the light of modern technology and findings. Those who have not read Exodus chapter 3 in the original Hebrew may not realise the significance of that Mt Sinai where Moses went rearing the sheep of his father-in-law, the Chief Priest […]
I watched the recent CNN segment on the Boko Haram terror vis-a-vis the state of the Nigerian armed forces; and I was appalled at CNN, appalled at the misguided ‘soldiers’ that granted them the interview; and thus concluded that CNN has, in relation to Nigeria, changed its name to ‘Celebrating Negative News’. I wager that […]
Governor Ayodele Fayose is a character that appears to defy social norms. Defying social norms is not a problem because it encourages debate and promotes engagement with issues as they develop. There is no rule that says somebody is right because you align with public opinion or with the views of the majority. When people […]
Considering the current crisis situation plaguing the political climate as we head towards the 2015 general election, it is necessary to recall certain significant episodes in the past, which almost miraculously diffused tension and provided a systematic solution, in place of the debacle of deadlocked diatribes that threatened our unity and stability. There can be […]
With initial momentum on his side, promoters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, touted him as the man who will emerge all-out winner in next month’s presidential election. His well-trumpeted moral high-ground was enough to drive his aspiration against any other candidate. Not even the impressive list of positive development indices
When we begin to conceptualize that Boko Haram has done more damage to our nation as did the politicians may be under that realism, we will fuse the puzzle together and clearly understand that we are not fighting demonic extremist but along with that, we are battling with a colony of blood stinking men who […]
A few days ago, a friend approached me to clarify some issues touching on the guidelines on the forthcoming elections. In the course of discussing with him, I realised that he did not know the basic things about the entire electoral process. Thereafter, I sampled the opinion of others and I was surprised that they […]
There is justifiable reasons to have anxiety on the future of this great Nation –Nigeria . We are faced with the threat from the Islamic fundamentalist the Boko Haram- that have in every sense of the word caused the Nation so much, both in human and material resources .The insurgents if we are sincere with […]
What is the worth of a human life, after all? This question has become pertinent in the light of the horrendous action of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Tuesday in burning a Jordanian pilot, Mauth al- Kasasbeh, who since December 2014 had been in their captivity. Since the group arrived on […]
In assessing a political leader, the primary qualities to consider include the theoretical ideals of vision, commitment and political will. Then, of course, we take stock of the leader’s capacity to deliver in terms of concrete achievements. A leader is adjudged to be a success, if his contributions are visibly evi-dent, but a failure if […]
The warning by the defence headquarters against politicians dragging the Nigerian Army into politics is very timely. This is coming against the background of the alarm raised recently by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade that some politicians are now classifying the military as belonging to a political party. According to the […]
