If Nigeria had any serious opposition, the budget speech of President Buhari no matter how good intended held valuable promise for a team of budget egg heads intent on scoring…
Michael Oluwagbemi II
Michael Oluwagbemi II
Popularly known as Busanga, Michael Oluwagbemi II writes for various electronic and print publications. Some ask him why he writes, others ask him, "why even bother?" Well, to them both he says, "I don't know". "All I know, and am absolutely sure of, is that the written word is an art and a science; and that there is no worse abortion than the destruction of a pregnant idea which is only given birth to in definitive form when such is submitted to the records of posterity. It is my hope that every reader comes away with a refreshing perspective, be it on politics, human interactions or international relations. A world where we all do our part, and strive to leave the earth better than we met it, is one with less not more government. But, more and definitely more, encompassing compassion and empathy: in words, actions and vision". Michael resides in the state of Texas. Visit him at his blog on busanga.com
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It is almost six months, half a year, since your administration assumed the mantle of office we’ve waited in bated breath for change that we were promised, and have watched…
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Reading about the escapade of Nigeria’s dignitaries at the annual festival of talk and do-nothing at the United Nations General Assembly held every September in New York is almost certainly…
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The dust is finally settling on a new reality in Nigeria, as we the people have finally seized the moment and decided that enough is enough with being ruled, with…
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My dear readers, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is right: “stealing is not corruption”. In a society where 70% of our people live on less than one dollar a day, while the…
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It is always as if in Nigeria, one can count on a couple of things; that the David Mark led Senate will always abet corruption, rubber stamp the President’s multitudes…
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The consensus among the pundits is that the outcome of 2015 elections is a foregone conclusion for the current administration of Goodluck Jonathan. The pundits just like 2003,2007 and 2011…
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It is important to note that fundamental organizational strategy frameworks used in businesses can easily be applicable to political parties. When it is all said and done, political parties are …
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Politically, this President has been adroit regardless of his misgovernance; fighting back while keeping to time-worn political battle principles that will make Sun Tzu and Machiavelli very proud. Not a …
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has become a perpetual nuisance to the education wellbeing of the Nigerian student. A union otherwise created as a platform to elevate education, has …
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Human experience indicates that whenever you see an old dog discover a new trick, one should ask good questions. Hence, the national skepticism that has greeted the discovery of national …
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Nigeria definitely has never had it this bad. When in the history of Nigeria, even under Abacha has the Federal Government been so broke it cannot pay state allocations? This …
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The world of security and strategic thinking is not for the fickle minded; neither is it for the “go along” person. In this world, knee jerk reactions are often not …
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There is this natural tendency to despair in the rot called Nigeria even when one lives in this paradise of misgovernance in fits and bursts. However, despair is exactly what …
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The man Olusegun Obasanjo is as complex and paradoxical as his record; here was a storied General whose famed native intelligence contrasted with his brash, dictatorial and vindictive tendencies. A …
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You cannot flip the pages of the hundreds of Nigeria’s newspapers, and millions of websites dedicated to analyzing the problems of Nigeria without coming away with a sense of knowing …