Opinions

The head-scratching embarrassment in which Senators voted against President Buhari’s request for $29.96 billion foreign loan due to technical issues is another badge of shame that advertises institutional failure and showcases the government’s apathetic approach and lack of seriousness to important governance issues. And that is a pity because all the promises of change were made […]Read More

Going forward, certain habits must be shed and new, productive ones imbibed by the man Nigerians elected as their president. One of those things President Buhari should change is his travelling habit. Given the frequency and attending cost with which he travels even at the most inconsequential invitations, President Buhari has already surpassed the widely […]

Donald Trump’s oft-repeated claim that the FBI’s investigation of “Crooked Hillary” and the presidential election itself were and are “rigged,” seems to have thrown FBI Director James Comey into a state of panic. In foolishly making a public announcement that the bureau is reviewing newly discovered emails related to Hillary Clinton’s personal server, he has […]Read More

Those who accuse the leadership of Nigeria of being excessively wasteful and insensitive to the deplorable condition of the citizenry are not only right, they have once again found vindication in the recent decision by President Buhari to sell two of the planes in the presidential fleet. The reduction of course, does not end with […]

Let me begin with two clarifications. Aso Villa is not my home, I am just passing through. Even this world is nobody’s home, we are just birds of passage. So, let nobody turn up his nose in derision, and say; “he’s writing like the landlord of Aso Villa, defending a place where’s he’s just a […]Read More

After what seemed like a collective and tragic amnesia, the nation was contemptuously taken on a merry-go-round of untold embarrassment when President Buhari met the 21 Chibok girls freed October 13 and their families at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. It may be alright that the president finally seized the moment to express appreciation […]

Nations are built by leaders but nations can be destroyed by leaders. For leaders to build or destroy a nation, they will have the tacit support of a critical segment of society. History is replete with leaders who  build their nations and also leaders who  destroyed their Nations. As citizens of our great country, it is within our control to support our leaders to either build Nigeria […]Read More

Whether he meant it to be a joke, the controversial statements credited to President Buhari, amongst which, is the obnoxious and sarcastic remark that his wife, Aisha, notwithstanding her status as Nigeria’s first lady, is consigned to endure domestication as a housewife is indeed very unfortunate. Coming from some other person, the misogynistic remarks would […]

Incredible as it may sound; there is no doubt that the Buhari administration has been acutely undermined by a coterie of incompetent ministers; a reason why it is underperforming. It is, indeed, pathetic that after 18 months in office, 27 of the 36 states currently owe workers salaries; some up to eight months. Life is […]

The recent trip of the Nigeria’s Chief of Army staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was an interesting eye opener for me. He was invited to speak on the war against terror in Nigeria by the Atlantic Council and the Virginia Military Institute – two reputable organisations with whom I share many years of relationship […]

The Buhari administration may just have set the tone for executive lawlessness with the assault against the judiciary arm of government after an unprecedented sting operation by the Department of State Services (DSS) targeting judges accused of corruption in Abuja and some states. This brigandage was an ignominious and reprehensible act of violence against the […]

I could see that many people do not understand the issues involved. But I will try to reduce it to a level where everybody can understand it. (1) Judges are responsible for sending all the people in prisons to prison. So, if you send a judge to prison, he is going to meet people he […]