Whenever trigger-happy cops kill an innocent citizen, they have only given expression to the adversarial relationship they have cultivated with the rest of the citizens. They have not done anything different from what others who […]
Blow-blow burst, penny go. Another day, come and buy. Tell your teacher you are a fool. If you take am buy ball, e go belleful you… hahahahhaha.’ So, we sang as little children when our […]
In a Report titled The Misery Index 2018 authored by Dr. Steve Hanke of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, Nigerians have been labelled the sixth most miserable people in the world. The misery […]
The old squirrel, according to an ancient Edo riddle, habitually sips from the gourd of iniquities. His lineage is forbidden from eating the palm kernel near its warren. But out of ancestral curse, the duplicitous […]
I hereby bring to the notice of the general public the flagrant and raw deployment of state apparatus by the present government against two law-abiding citizens, Mr Monday Ubani and Hon Christopher Enai, using the […]
It is sad that in a little over a generation, we have erased all the gains and edge Chief Awolowo gave us through free education… In the broken down public school systems, even in richer […]
Right now, there is too much speculative reshuffling and reorganisation within the police, and it is not resonating with the poorly trained men at the bottom of the pile, who mostly think about how to […]
Democracy’s incredible gift is meant to provide an enabling environment for everyone to feel safe. It is supposed to be a tool where leaders are elected credibly. If we allow our process to be ‘uncredible’, […]
Jelani Aliyu is an engineer and automobile designer. He is celebrated for the design of Chevrolet Volt, an auto brand of General Motors. And he is from Sokoto state. He is one of the Nigerians […]
Only four elected Nigerian leaders have had the opportunity of presenting lists of Ministers after re-election. They are Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966), first and only Prime Minister of Nigeria, President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari […]
How time flies! One can hardly believe that democracy in Nigeria has clocked twenty years uninterrupted since 1999. But looking back, how successful has it been and what have Nigerians really achieved as dividend of […]
The lessons of Nigeria’s Elections 2019 to which I refer here are not abstract lessons-in-general or lessons-for-all-time, but concrete lessons that emerged for the use of political forces on the Nigerian Left that see the […]
Members of the Federal House of Representatives will be leaving behind an important legacy, if they pass the CAMA Bill (for presidential assent) before the expiration of the 8th Assembly. The lawmakers have a lot […]
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State will end his tenure on May 29, 2019, and there is nothing wrong with that. The only problem is that his critics say that the losses the All Progressives […]
The old squirrel, according to an ancient Edo riddle, habitually sips from the gourd of iniquities. His lineage is forbidden from eating the palm kernel near its warren. But out of ancestral curse, the duplicitous […]
Before the Presidential and National Assembly polls in the 2019 general elections, there was an expectation that a ‘third force party’ would emerge to challenge the dominance of the two main political parties in Nigeria. […]
The life of a cat in Europe is much more valuable and protected than the life of a Nigerian living in Nigeria. In fact, there is a European convention for the protection of pet animals. […]
Henry Boyo (lesleba@lesleba.com) Regrettably, banks seem to perceive customer deposits as a burden, which must be taxed, rather than the actual base on which their total lending and ultimate profitability is primarily predicated. For example, […]
While some Nigerians are proud of their country, most bemoan their citizenship for many reasons. Many people have adduced tribalism, religion, zoning, class, gender, age, and resources mal-allocation as the causes of our lack of […]
This week’s write up was prompted by a Nigerian “health tourist” eager to explain to me the advantages of spending millions of his hard-earned naira for medical treatment in London. He said: “First of all, […]
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