I hereby tender my unreserved apology to Field Marshall Mohammed Buhari. I had seen no good in him due to his antecedents as military Head of State. I, therefore, refused to vote for him as a civilian president! I just felt his torpedoing an elected president disqualified him for the exalted post of a democratically…
Photo credit: Premium Times In the eighties, specifically 1983, when public buildings were getting burnt by insiders turned arsonists, Ray Ekpu, the celebrated journalist predicted that the NET building would be one of the next to be burnt. Presto! The building was burnt. That’s no news. The news is the fact that Ekpu was arrested….
Some people are so well-fed that they have chosen rather conveniently to turn a blind eye to the suffering of the generality of Nigerians. Bamu bamu layo;Awa o mo pebi npa omo eni kankan!! Is the opposition causing the price of virtually every commodity to rise? Is it the opposition that’s making take-home salaries not…
While others are returning from correctional facilities in a sober and somber mood, Nigerians made a show of the great Ogirigborigbo of the universe’s return from a British prison.No less a personality than a seating senator of the Federal Republic led the welcome party which was held somewhere in the UK. What’s so special about…
Photo credit: Facebook A joke used to be the in-thing when I was much younger! Some Nigerian nationalists went for a pre-independence constitutional conference. Usually, the Europeans would give them lunch breaks. On one of those days, they went for the lunch break, their hosts decided to give them a seven -course meal. Of course,the…
Photo credit: BBC I have always refused to blame individual rulers of Nigeria for the near total lack of good governance in the country. This is because I fervently believe the saying that a people deserves its ruling class. When one looks at the available resources vis-a-vis the population of Nigeria, I’m always of the…
Photo credit; The Guardian Oh, sleazebags!Feeding off plebs.CommonwealthMisappropriated. Land full ofMilk and honey.Masses sufferingPerpetual hunger. When NEPA worksWe’re not lighted.Nurse and dokitaFleeing like Andrew. Roads turned to mines,Diamond to extract.Foods, when cheap,Moneyless pockets. Lost but found,Airport – dollars!Ikoyi – pounds!Kaduna – euro! Until we ruleOurselves justlyShall we be fooledPerpetually too!!! @as 050218
