Cashless Economy Meets Brainless Politics
By Emmanuel Onwubiko My younger brother, Emeka who holds a citizenship of one of the most advanced and sophisticated economies in the Western society, came to visit us last year’s Yuletide season. However, his expectations that he would have seamless…
Re: A Man Spends 38 Months Without Salary In Bauchi: Another Wild, Illegitimate Claim
By Sani M. Lawal I just stumbled on an article purportedly written by a certain Comrade Mashema claiming to speak for one Haruna Ibrahim who the writer said is a Bauchi state civil servant in the Ministry of Environment and…
Support For Counter Narcotics Makes Sense
By Emmanuel Onwubiko “The priority of any addict is to anaesthetize the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief.”-Russell Brand on drug abuse. Nigeria at the moment is a nation that is challenged, hobbled…
Buying Naira With Naira, Rantings And Musings
By Prince Charles Dickson Under pressure we wail under pressure Under pressure black people under pressure Under pressure nigerians under pressure No food in we belly No money in ah we pocket No bed we lay we head The people…
For Their Naira, They Were Killed
By Emmanuel Onwubiko “Under efficient public administration citizens do their duties willingly and mention their rights fearlessly.” — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words “No public administration will be acceptable unless the public servants are polite and pleasant to the people”….
Rivers 2023 Poll: The last cut may just be the deepest for Wike
By Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe I just realized that in life, the people you meet going up, you will meet when coming down. I remember when in 2013, Wike as Minister in active connivance with the PDP National led by Uche…
Circa 1985: Do It Afraid And Do It Unsure By Tony Elumelu
I recall my Youth Service days in Sokoto, a young man, fresh out of school, enjoying the drinks we could afford (lol) and unsure about the next steps. In my uncertainty, I was sure of one thing, I will stand…
February Elections: Nigerians Just Dey Play…
By Prince Charles Dickson (‘A person is dead, but their spirit lives; if you poke the iris of their eye, they still come alive’) Democracy has a dream-like character. It sweeps into the world, carried forward by an immense desire…
The Currency of Life and the Leadership Question
By Abiodun Komolafe In one of his New Year sermons, Pastor Adeniyi Ajayi of the Gospel Promotion Outreach, Ori Oke Baba Abiye, Ede in Osun State numerated ‘The Currency of Life’ as ‘time, money, knowledge and relationship.’ According to the…
When the People Shall Have Nothing More To Eat…
By Prince Charles Dickson One who believes that the earth is chasing him, where did he put his feet while running? The Driver Many years ago, I was driving back from Gombe, and on the highway was this public/commercial Opel…
Bello Kirfi and the Price of Insubordination
By Suleiman Abbah It is an established custom that Emirs and key traditional title holders should only be seen and not heard. Some Emirs and title holders however violate this important tradition and would talk like parrots anywhere, anytime and…
