Photo credit: the Guardian It’s no secret that national awards have been conferred on the “heroes” of the June 12, 1993, elections in Nigeria. Some even received “double honours” because they had already been awarded the same honours by a previous government, while some were never awarded at all. In the first instance, let’s examine…
The greatest honour we can give the late Chief MKO Abiola is to keep Nigeria one. We should respect each other. We shouldn’t have degrading mindsets about whichever ethnic group or tribe. We should know that we have fantastic Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba just like we have terrible ones of each stock. In other words,…
A friend sent a video clip to me which I, in turn, shared on Facebook and WhatsApp. You know what? I don’t believe it happened in real life. But I tend to believe it’s a mockery of the security situation in Nigeria. I believe Nigerians are an endangered species. Or should I have said ordinary…
So, I go pub crawling hoping to have an alone time on The Danny. I first visit a bar owned by a Chinese and listen to some loud music while having my drink. Ending up having a couple of drinks, I decide to shift my base to an Ethiopian bar. There the music is solemn….
It’s no longer a secret that the president of Nigeria, Mr Muhammad Buhari apologised to Nigerians and particularly the family of late Chief MKO Abiola for stealing the presidency, for detaining people unjustly and for murdering people. When I heard the news, my mind flashed back to over forty years ago. I was then a…
Nigerians love holidays. If there’s something, at least out of nothing the Nigerian government succeeds in, it’s massaging the bruised ego of Nigerians by supplying them with enough holidays to last till eternity. Or how else can we describe having June 12 as a democracy day in a country(?) with so many proofs of undemocratic…
So Buhari could go and commission a railway service in Lagos? He’s probably too old to remember he cancelled the metro-line project embarked upon by Alhaji Lateef Jakande when he toppled the Shagari government in 1984.The project handlers were said to have gone to court and it was alleged that the Lagos state government had…
