Photo credit: Punch The move by the Lagos State Government to ban okada and tricycles from fifteen local governments in the state could have been better if government had really put the interests of the various stakeholders in mind. In the first instance, the government, through its commissioner for information and strategy allegedly insisted that…
All these bloody unbelievers should just go sit down. Yeah! Anyone who doesn’t believe in northern Nigeria’s version of Islam is just an unbeliever. A bloody one at that. So what’s all this noise about herders and cattle rearing? Just tell me what the noise is about. Cattle rearing is historical. But then, we’ve made…
Mr Raji Fashola recently said the Buhari administration has done more than the United States in the provision of infrastructure. As the ill performing minister of works and housing, he should know. All the roads in Nigeria have been tarred. Even the roads to farms and village roads. All houses have electric power supply. Those…
Photo credit: BBC How many Nigerians have noticed that the further we are from October 1, 1960, the more poverty-stricken our society is? And, I’m talking of poverty in all ramifications! Let’s look at Indonesia and Japan, for instance. In what stage of development were they at Nigeria’s independence? Where are they now? I remember…
I never knew things have gone this bad in Nigeria. They have even gone baddest, if you’ll excuse my ibon, as we used to call grammatical errors in those good old days. I learn they are called AK47 these days! It is stale news that the Oga in this country, Mr Muhammad Buhari,is abroad for…
Now, let’s look at the cattle rearing issue from another angle. I know we should continue constructive debates until we find a solution to the matter. Some people have argued eloquently that since the cattle trade is a private one, the business men trading in cattle should buy ranches for their cattle. Of course, this…
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and his Inter Reformers Band released a bumper album in 1973 titled, Ketekete, The horse, the man and his son. The summary of the title song is that, there’s nothing one can do to satisfy fellow men. That Dr Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to Mr Muhammad Buhari is no…
