There is a popular cliché that is attributed to the late leader of Zimbabwe, Sir Robert Mugabe, thus: “When you see guards guarding any Government building during working hours, tell them the thieves are already inside”. Aside the humour…
IT was Benjamin Franklin, famously referred to as the founding father of the United States that said, “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”. By simple interpretation, Benjamin was saying, those who don’t make proper plans and…
LEADERSHIP and directorship are one and the same thing. They stand for the action of leading a people or an organization. A good leader therefore, is expected to have certain qualities, that should include, integrity, self-awareness, courage, respect, compassion, and…
PURSUANT to the directive given to the military by President Tinubu, for the top hierarchy of the army, including the Minister of State, Defense, Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Sakwato, and flush out the bandits, particularly the notorious Bello Turji…
NIGERIA, the country that continues to dominate as Africa’s largest producer of Crude Oil, with a proven reserves of nearly 40 billion barrels, and a production capacity of more than 2 million barrels per day, is almost in permanent scarcity…
ANALYSTS may argue that one name is as good as another, but the puritans among the analysts may argue otherwise. Because of their adherence to the strict moral principles, alongside their opposition to luxury and sensual enjoyment, sometimes, the…
“Whatever you do, good or bad, people will always have something negative to say.” -W.H. Auden. Wystan Hugh Auden, abbreviated, W.H.Auden, was a British-American poet, that made name with his stylistic writings and engagement with politics. The statement above was…
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims… but accomplices”-George Orwell George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, and critic, that made name from his novel, The Animal Farm. The Animal Farm tells the story…
All over the world, politics is described as a dirty game. But in Nigeria, the dirt of politics seems dirtier, or even dirtiest. There is a common saying in my native Hausa that translates thus: If you want to…
THERE is a popular Hausa political program on Freedom Radio Kano called, Kowane Gauta Ja Ne. The pivotal theme of the Programme is to tell the listener that, when subjected to the same temperature and pressure, without prejudice to…
