Abobi And the Nigeria Elections
By Prince Charles Dickson Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. – James Bovard, Civil Libertarian Verse 1 Rumuokoro don catch fireLast night I was walking on the roadWhen…
A Tribute to Dan Suleiman By Prince Adewole Adebayo
It is evident that our culture continues to adhere to the unhealthy custom of concealing all the excellent deeds, actions, and omissions until after the main character has died. This is undoubtedly true of the late Air Commodore Dan Suleiman,…
Obnoxious Perception Of Prince Bassey Otu Of APC Is Deception Still Keeping PDP Together As A Party In Cross River
“Wonder What Gives Those Rooting For Sandy Onor Of PDP Impression That He Can Defeat One As Popular As Prince Otu Backed By An Incumbent?” “By the way, I am going to ask those who put up the argument against…
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…
Segun Agbaje: Lagos INEC REC; A System-enabled Election Rigger?
Thief! Thief!! Thief!!! The shout rends the air, in the most unlikely place, the burial ceremony of an illustrious son of Ikirun where the atmosphere was expected to be solemn in honour of the one to whom all have come…
Conspiracy Against Democracy: INEC REC; Segun Agbaje’s Outburst, Other Matters Arising
Any protest outside of getting the best of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a free and fair election is a wrong step taken too late in the day! The first option for any democrat is to face an…
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…
