Muhammadu Buhari’s triumph over Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28, 2015 presidential election has unleashed a fever of hope in Nigeria. Everywhere I turn, I encounter among Nigerians the sense …
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The need to write this diary of an unemployed graduate (DOAUG) was necessitated because of the high level of unemployed graduates and the disparity it has created between the middle …
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During the governorship and states’ houses of assembly elections that took place in Nigeria last Saturday (April 11, 2015), several persons reportedly died across the nation. As I write now, …
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Dear General, On behalf of “Mama Peace” and myself, I would like to congratulate you again on your historic victory in the March 28 presidential election. Why do I call …
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How are you? It’s absurd to say Hello. You were always here; you, the incessant overbearing contrived bully. It’s impossible for me to deduce when my contempt for you begun, …
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Oh little flower, can I touch? The air is cool and princely so, That one’s frame glides through, Like a piece of fine cake no one can eat, As my …
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It is no longer news that the Nigerian State is at war with terror. The conundrum of violence the Nigerian state has been forced to stew in by the apocalyptic …
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A few days from now, we shall be headed to the polls for the 2015 Presidential and national assembly elections. Then two weeks later, the governorship and state assembly elections …
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On Saturday (March 28, 2015), Nigerians will once again troop to the polls to choose who among the several contestants vigorously campaigning and scheming out there (mostly for self-serving reasons) …
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Recently (January 2015), Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in eleven states of the federation. The states affected are Kano, Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Delta, …
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Finally, the week has arrived when Nigeria will face the oddest and staunchest test for its electoral experimentation. Odd because, as I have argued for some time, the two acknowledged …
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If not that Prof. Pius Adesamni is my Broda from another Mama, I would have cried havoc, and let loose my Koboko, on his ‘yansh’, for daring to accuse me …
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As the race to the rescheduled general elections gets intense, many political parties have stepped up in their politicking. While frontline political parties are putting finishing touches to their winning …
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In my garden, hibiscus, orchids, daffodils and roses grow and are watered regularly. It is always sad to watch these flowers surrender their beautiful colours and crumble. It is equally …
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I have often argued that the entire Nigerian political machinery that bears the name “government” is little more than an arrangement to enable a few individuals to mindlessly loot the …
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WHAT is the state of Nigerian State? This tasking, delicate question was put to the four hundred (400) level students of the Department of Political Science, class of 2000, of …