TODAY, I woke up with a sigh of relief, in expression of happiness, because Nigeria has come to the terminal date of the nationwide protests, organized in objection, or disagreement with what the protesters called, bad governance. Bad governance…
NOTHING illustrates the dreadful and dire consequences of our situation, the misdirected situation of Nigeria, particularly those of us living in northern Nigeria, than the above quotation from the French political philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I picked the quote from…
YESTERDAY, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu addressed the nation, pursuant to the request of many Nigerians, that he should respond to the anger of the protesting youth, on the issue of hunger, which they are blaming on bad governance. Consequently,…
THERE is the popular saying that, after the rain comes sunshine, which metaphorically aims to console the human mind that, in every situation, people can make the best of their lives, even if they are miserable for some time.…
As I write this article, a 24 hour curfew is in operation in Borno, Kano, Yobe, and I learnt, Gombe state is contemplating the implementation of same. The reason is simple: lawlessness has come upon them, pursuant to the…
IT was Martin Luther King Jr. that said, ‘The Time Is Always Right To Do What Is Right’. This is one cliché that perfectly resonates with the moral principles that draw a distinction between what is correct or wrong behaviour.…
From 1966 to 1999, Nigeria was uninterruptedly governed by a military government, except for the short-lived return to democracy in the Second Republic, which was 1979 to 1983. That period happened to be the period of radicalization and political…
As the hands of the clock tick towards the first day of August, the hearts of many Nigerians, particularly the patriotic ones, are beating, or breathing with short, and in some cases quick breaths, for reasons that have bearing with…
ONCE again, the season of sensation is upon us, this time around with a religious coloration that could cause consequential commotion. Yes, if the situation is poorly handled, it has the potential of throwing the country into a crisis,…
PURSUANT to my last article, where I touched on the recklessness of the Govt. of Kano state under H.E. Abba Kabiru Yusuf, captioned: KANO GOVT: A RENDEZVOUS WITH RECKLESSNESS AND EXECUTIVE RASCALITY, responses came as expected. Some positive, while others…
