“Our lives begin to end the moment we become silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther King. In the past few months, I have heard all sorts of stories about the unfortunate massacre of Muslim faithfuls in Jos, Plateau [...]
Friday, 13 January, 2012, the Nigeria Police makes a great breakthrough in its quest to unravel the mystery behind the series of bombings that have sent a lot of innocent Nigerians to an early grave. A key suspect behind the [...]
“SubhanAllah! What! I think another bomb just got detonated in my area. It shook the living daylight out of my house which is close to police headquarters, Bompai. From my room I can hear fierceful gun battle.” Friday 20th January, [...]
The next stage of the #OccupyNigeria movement is a tenacious occupation of all political space to ensure our democracy is responsive, cost effective and working for the people.
Want to help Africa? Do business here was the TED rallying cry by former World Bank MD now Nigeria Finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. But, who is going to do business with you if you appeared clueless in the face of [...]
I have been one of those in favour of the removal of fuel subsidies. However for most Nigerians the problem is not that they don’t understand the logic of spending wisely. The problem is they don’t trust the government to [...]
Madam Efunroye Tinubu was among the most prominent and powerful Yoruba women in pre-colonial Nigeria (early to mid 19th century). Other renowned Yoruba women from that period were Iyalode Efunsetan Aniwura and Madam Omosa, both of whom deserve posts of [...]
Looking back, I can attribute a lot of what I am now to simple lessons I learnt from back when I lived on Sesame Street. What lesson does this medium hold for Nigerian education?
“Our world is one of terrible contradictions… Plenty of food but one billion people go hungry. Lavish lifestyles for a few, but poverty for too many others.” - UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon 31st Oct 2011 Just two minutes before [...]
The Nigerian National Honours Awards were plagued with rejections, errors, a presidency struggling for credibility and an embarrassing shortage of medals for awardees, we seem to be plumbing the depths of ignominy, shame and disgrace with our most prestigious events.
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