Nigeria is in bondage, bondage of mediocrity and ethnicity. Each factor on its own is dangerous, combined, there can be no worse fate for a country. Right now Nigerians are disgusted with the leadership cadre they are saddled with, right from the presidency through to the legislative chambers. We are cringing when most of our leaders speak publicly, inspiring none ... Read More »
To a man with a hammer, Mark Twain once said, everything looks like a nail. One hammer that has been working overtime is that wielded by Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, who’s been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Amid public outrage over his misguided recklessness and profligacy, the Governor did himself no favors, when he tried ... Read More »
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said the crisis that is now tearing apart the Lagos PDP, over the sharing of SURE-P funds among PDP members in the state, has vindicated its (ACN) stand that the funds meant to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal have now become a 2015 campaign war chest for President Jonathan. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday ... Read More »
I recently visited Dubai for the first time. Before then, all I had to go by were tales highlighting the city’s growing attractiveness to Nigerians (it’s where James Ibori was arrested in May 2010; where D’Banj, also in 2010, met Kanye West; and where Tuface wedded Annie Macauley the other week). I could easily see why Dubai appealed to (wealthy) ... Read More »
Is there a place I can scream? If I am allowed to scream, will someone be out there to hear me? And if someone hears me, will he be human enough to find out what is wrong and take action to my rescue? I am not the author of the first sentence. It was borrowed from Harold Myra’s collection of ... Read More »
