Opinions

“The Supreme court did not raise a dead PDP, they only brought out the rotten corpse of a dead PDP for all to smell the bad odour”- Alhaji Lai Muhammed, Minister of Information, Daily Post, 15th July 2017. I am trying my best to remain magnamonious in victory and to remain restrained but this diaper-wearing, […]

Last week, the dented Senate President, Bukola Saraki flew a kite, it was a dangerous kite in every sense of it. If we are in a military government, Saraki and his hirelings would have been rounded up and subjected to sundry trial for that kite. But we are in a democracy with its expansive tolerance […]

By Sunday July 9th, Catholic faithfuls in Ahiara diocese and of course the whole world will know who remains among the rebelling priests in the Church and who leaves. By that date, the one month ultimatum the Holy Father, Pope Francis gave these rebelling priests to write personal letters of apology, pledging loyalty to the […]

We must have heard how the former media aide to erstwhile president Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, the self-called pastor and founder of the Mind of Chrsit Christian Centre, embarked on an ill-advised and futile attempt at lecturing the Igbo nation on diplomacy in reaction to a statement credited to Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader, on […]

Following the unfolding impasse between the minister of works, power and housing Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) and the National Assembly over its unilateral insertions and deductions from the 2017 budget that was submitted and defended before the house committee on the budget by his ministry, one thinks its high time, the issues are placed […]

The sweet memory of my youth service year in an Igboland of Asaba, Delta State in the 90s, is what I have continued to relish whenever a discourse on tribalism, sectionalism and the likes are on the front burner in my beloved country, Nigeria. As non-indigenes, especially young Northerners, we were well-received, accommodated and accorded […]

“Baba just fall my hand! Ha, wetin.” “Which Baba?” “Baba Bubu, the President of all Nigeria.” “In the spirit of this season, may Almighty Allah (SAW) grant him good health and quick recovery. It is part of our duty to pray for our leaders. Only infidels pray for evil.” “My friend, the fasting season has […]

As Muslims celebrate the Eid-el-Fitri, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan or the end of 30 or 29 days of mandatory fasting, Nigerians can only hope that the feast of the ram as it is popularly known, will provide yet another opportunity for the faithful to embrace the fear of God as […]

The ultimatum given by Pope Francis to unruly Nigerian priests in the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara to pledge “total obedience” to him and their bishop before July 9, or be summarily excommunicated from the church is another blight on the toga of Nigeria’s international image, that took a further beating. This shameful and unacceptable display […]

With the failure, or better still, refusal by the relevant security agencies to arrest Northern youths, who, under the auspices of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF), recently issued a quit notice to Igbos residing in the north, the atmosphere remains palpably tense, with the forces of darkness beating the drums of war and championing […]

I attended a meeting recently at the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Bwari, Abuja: the post-2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination review meeting chaired by the JAMB registrar, Professor Ish-aq Oloyede. Participants included Professor Oloyede and his technical team, field officers and other staff, all the Chief External Examiners who supervised the […]

I watched the Minister Information and Culture Lai (aka Lie) Mohammed’s ‘Politics Today’ interview with Seun Okinbaloye of Channels Television a few days ago and I felt sorry for Nigeria.  I couldn’t help wondering why Channels Television keeps offering its respected platform to this shameless old fool to beam, broadcast and perpetuate unadulterated falsehood to […]Read More