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While you were distracted by the executive branch’s show of shame last week through FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, something equally dramatic was unfolding in the federal legislature.   The House of Representatives, deploying ad hoc committees:   Launched an investigation into all security intervention funds disbursed by the federal government since 2020; Resolved to investigate […]

The last time the term “genocide” was applied to Nigeria, it involved a brutal civil war from which she has yet to recover.   And now, it is back, United States President Donald Trump, on October 31 designating  Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” over severe violations of religious freedom and genocide against Christians. […]

The United States military has reportedly developed a range of contingency plans for potential military action in Nigeria, following a directive from U.S. President Donald Trump. According to The New York Times, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has submitted a set of operational options to the Department of War at the request of Secretary Pete […]

I have chosen the provocative title of this piece deliberately knowing that some of the more patriotic elements among us in Nigeria would scream that it is impossible, because Nigeria is a sovereign nation. Indeed, since the end of World War II, the United States has refrained from portraying itself as a colonizing, conquering, destabilising […]

Apart from tariffs, another word that the Trump presidency is fond of is genocide. First, it was South Africa. During South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the White House last May, President Donald Trump played a video suggesting that white South Africans were under genocidal attack. It was a fake video, of course, but […]

I provide the following draft of an “Asset Declaration (Public Access) Bill, 2025,” in italics, as a public service to the National Assembly (NASS).   A Bill For an Act to prescribe the terms and conditions under which the declarations of assets and liabilities of public officers may be inspected by citizens of Nigeria, in […]

Without a shred of doubt, he is a Nigerian of note, intellect, and integrity. If you call him a starry cognoscente of literary moxie and intrepidity, you aren’t out of line. He is a professor of too many laudable things. I was a baby when stories of his exploits in nation-building filtered into my infantile […]

There are moments in a nation’s existence when the silence of power speaks louder than the roar of war. In those hours, the absence of routine becomes the clearest signal of unsettling presence. The cancellation of the Independence Day parade in Nigeria on 1 October 2025 was not merely a logistical decision; it was a […]

From my part of the country, there is a proverb that carries the weight of ancestral wisdom and the sting of moral clarity: Aje ke l’ana, omo ku l’eni. Tani ko mo pe aje to ke l’ana lo pa omo je? Meaning: The witch cried last night, and the child died this morning. Who doesn’t […]

In October 2023, a remarkable event occurred in the Nigerian National Assembly.  It was a citizen presenting the most eloquent testimony against corruption to the Senate.   “Let the fight against corruption begin from this hallowed chamber,” he advocated.   His identity: Ola Olukoyede.  He got his confirmation, detonating a live political landmine as he […]

Yesterday was October 20, the fifth anniversary of the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre, aftermath of the #EndSARS youth protest in Lagos. Scores of young persons were reportedly killed, maimed, made to inhale tear gas, or jump into the Lagoon and till date there has been no full closure on that event, despite attempts by the […]

  As a critic, I do not often find ground to support Nigerian leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu.  Before I read his pardon and clemency list of 175 persons, I was going to rise in applause.   No, I do not believe that Tinubu believes in democracy or the rule of law.  He has extended the […]