Month: July 2020

In the middle of last month of June this year the President of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, Alhaji Shettima Yerima, had granted a controversial interview to the Lagos-based national newspaper, Vanguard, where he […]

From the look of things, local hunters may have been excluded from Operation Amotekun, contrary to the initial plan of the founders. Operation Amotekun was launched in January by the governors of the six states […]

Gaining perspective requires one to take in the entire picture … Do (Nigerian politicians) have the whole picture of the place of their country in the world in their view? That’s a capital NO … […]

On 28 April, US President Donald Trump in his accustomed cadence said his administration would send 250 ventilators to Nigeria. According to him ‘’Nigeria will do anything for ventilators’’. On May 21 while touring the […]

Sunday, May 24th was the 54th Anniversary of the Promulgation of Decree number 34 by Major General Johnson Thomas Umanakwe Aguiyi Ironsi (3rd March 1924- 29th July 1966). Few people remembered. It was the decree […]

Nigeria’s economy is bigger than what we see and feel in statistics. This is because the country’s huge underground economy is hardly adequately taken account of informal data collection, data mining and data analysis. It […]

John: I am worried by all the bad news flying around the place! Professor: What bad news? Bashir: Don’t you read the newspapers or follow social media posts? John: Death everywhere. COVID-19 related deaths. See […]

Until a few days ago, President Donald Trump was the undisputed king of trash talk. He was the best at giving unwanted and stereo typical names which diminished any opponent. If I had to make […]

“Take them to government house or Aso Rock’ – Borno residents reject reintegration of ex-Boko Haram fighters” -The Cable. *Good response from the citizens, victims and bereaved families of Boko Haram’s casualties. No responsible and […]