Ambition is the oxygen of life. Man lives all his life driven by ambition- the quest to achieve one thing or another. The motive for such an ambition differs from one individual to another. It could be religious, political or economic. No matter what the motivation is, what matter most are the morality or otherwise,…
A Call For a Social Policy For The Welfare Of The Elderly in Nigeria
Social policy refers to the totality of rules, attitudes, and means by which a community responds to human needs of its members. Such needs may include security, nutrition, education, employment, health, inclusion, access to justice, and other aspects of a people’s general wellbeing. This article calls for urgent action toward a coherent and comprehensive public…
APC’s 2023 Dark Horse
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 2 May, 2022) So, who is the favourite? First, they said Goodluck Jonathan was the chosen one. Indeed, his boys and girls were already sharing the 2023-2027 posts and spoils. Now, I ask, is he still the one that is coming? No one appears sure again as they…
Goodluck Jonathan Constitutionally Qualified to Run for Presidency
Introduction Nigeria is a country of one major news item per day. At times, one scandal per day. The hot issue in the polity currently generating national ruckus, hoopla, and bedlam is the presumed intention of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to run for the 2023 presidency. It does not matter that he has never himself…
2023, Chibok and Kaduna
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 11 April, 2022) Are we being ruled by coincidences or by conspiracies? There was a British passenger liner, the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic. It was a ship of luxury boasts that was built to sail forever; but it sank in the night of 14-15 April, 1912 during…
Can Mallam Nasir El-Rufai And Northwest Governors Engage Mercenaries to Fight Insecurity?
The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El- Rufai has just stirred the hornet’s nest when he declared that the Northwest governors and neighbouring Niger Republic may be forced to consider inviting mercenaries to help fight insecurity in their areas. The engagement of external mercenaries is akin to deployment of the military to repel and contain…
Umahi and The Wages of Harlotry
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday 14 March, 2022) “Thieves of a feather” is the title of a piece written by American journalist, Emily Sohn in the December 19, 2007 edition of ScienceNewsforStudents. Great writings advertise themselves first with great titles. You were probably suckled in a cliched world where birds of a feather…
Ukraine’s tears and Nigerian victims
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 7 March, 2022) Ken Saro Wiwa’s Soza boy (soldier boy) looks around. He sees inside one pit, the head of a soldier, and in another pit, the leg of a soldier. Everywhere he turns, he sees “so so human flesh in small pieces! Finger, nail, hair, prick, blockus…”…
Neither A Governor Nor Deputy Governor Can Be Removed From Office By A Court Of Law For Defecting From His Political Party To Another
I have just read social media publications regarding the judgment delivered Tuesday by the respected Honourable Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja. I am of the firm belief that the judgment, shredded of all legal and factual details, cannot stand the acid test of constitutionalism, nor pass the furnace of appellate court’s…
Kyari: Some tears for Nigeria Police
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 21 February, 2022) There was a man in London 300 years ago called Jonathan Wild. He lived at a time robbery and violent crimes were rampant in the city – day and night. The people were helpless and the police were largely absent. And because nature abhors a…
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