Opinions

I thought that with the Muhammadu Buhari change mantra, the era of budgeting huge amount for frivolous things in the Presidency would become history in Nigeria. Unfortunately, the reverse is the case as seen from the 2016 budget submitted to the national Assembly. In spite of the poverty, disease, hunger and malnutrition pervading this country, […]

The first presidential media chat by President Buhari since taking office last May, was disappointing for failing to accurately capture the state of the nation; and indeed a great disservice to Nigeria and its international image. Most importantly, the president failed to inspire hope in the citizens about the direction of the state. The president […]

The inconsistency and policy somersaults that have become the hallmark of governance in Nigeria got another  devastating advertisement when Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed surreptitiously announced the other day in Abuja that Nigeria committed to a 20% unconditional and 45% conditional greenhouse gases emission reduction at the Paris climate conference, dubbed COP21. The Minister said it […]

Christmas looks so different these days from what it was when I was growing up. It is so different it is almost unrecognizable. In this same country, in the 70s, Christmas was a season of celebration, but also of spiritual upliftment, joy abundant, hope, reaffirmation of faith in the certainty of Salvation, and the ritual […]

Christians worldwide will, next Friday, December 25, celebrate the portentous event of the Incarnation; the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Savior whose life of virtue, revolutionary teaching and sacrificial death on the Cross of Calvary, form the basis of the over 2000-year-old Christian religion. The birth of Christ as prophesied marks […]

Many Nigerians do not seem to understand the role of the CBN in an economy. Some believe that the CBN is an authority in itself and does not take instruction from government. Yes, it is true that the CBN enjoys some autonomy; that is as far as its management is concerned. The CBN is the […]

The allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari collected $300,000 and five armored Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan is shocking and disappointing to many Nigerians. Before the Presidency’s explanation that Buhari received only one armored and one untreated SUV in the […]

The mind-boggling revelations from the investigations into how $2.1bn meant for the procurement of arms to combat Boko Haram was squandered, portrays an atrocious system rotten with corruption and impunity with high disdain for accountability and due process. The failed contracts, phantom deals and fictitious amounts of money transferred for unascertained purposes without contract documents, […]

It is indeed baffling that President Buhari has failed to recognize the urgency of articulating a blueprint and setting the machinery in motion to put the country on the path of recovery. Rather, the President has been on the road, globe-trotting, even as Nigeria totters on the brink of economic collapse. In six months or […]

“Did they send you your own share of the bush meat?” “Bush meat?” “The lion in the zoo that became bush meat in Jos” “What’s my own inside? I don’t know any zoo worker in Jos and how could a lion that was allowed out of its cage and got shot end up in my […]

“…If there is crisis in any state of the federation and there is need to mobilize resources for security agencies, the next thing you hear from whoever is the President of Nigeria is ‘call me the GMD’. If a leader of one of the ECOWAS countries visited and was genuflecting before our president about how […]

My position is clear which is that some officers of the army committed a lot of atrocities.  There was gross misconduct from most of them.  I do have a lot of respect for the military as an institution but will be failing in my duty if I don’t point out the flagrant misconduct and the […]