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In Truth, Tinubu, Atiku, Obi Have Nothing To Offer Nigeria

In Truth, Tinubu, Atiku, Obi Have Nothing To Offer Nigeria

March 6, 2023 5:04 am

A fortnight ago, over 90% of the Nigerian voting electorate who went out to cast their votes in the presidential elections actually voted for the wrong persons. As awkward as this assertion will sound to Nigerians who voted for the three front-runner candidates, the truth of the matter is that none of these candidates will have offered Nigeria the drastic change she yearns for and this is something Nigerians must come to terms with if they are really desirous of quenching their problematic thirst for a Messiah. 

Only a discerning mind will fathom that all the leading candidates in the …

2023 Nigerian Youths Need To Understand Strategic Thinking

2023: Nigerian Youths Need To Understand Strategic Thinking

March 6, 2023 4:48 am

Emerging trends in Nigeria have shown that young people in Nigeria have finally awoken from their slumber. Rather than the outright docility and apparent lack of interest in the affair of their country, quite interestingly, many youths in Nigeria today are increasingly participating in the process of enthroning leaders and that in itself is a big step. Sadly, their inability to project tact and strategic thinking rather than emotions has become their Achilles heel. 

In the build-up to the just concluded national elections in Nigeria, many young people saw themselves, perhaps for the first time involved in the complicated world …

Is Nigeria Perpetually Under The Fulani Oligarchy?

Is Nigeria Perpetually Under The Fulani Oligarchy?

March 6, 2023 4:43 am

The Nigerian contraption has remained a classical case of ‘the more you look, the more you see’. As presently constituted, Nigeria is no doubt a political invention that is in urgent need of divine intervention. The unwilling union of the forcefully amalgamated southern and northern protectorates has continued to trudge on and secure validation at any major turn while shying away from the reality of Fulani control and domination.

An election cycle has just ended and a number of southerners in Nigeria are in a jubilant mood about the outcome that saw the emergence of a Yoruba man from the …

Grammy Awards Femi Kuti Deserves To Be Honoured This Year

Grammy Awards: Femi Kuti Deserves To Be Honoured This Year

March 2, 2023 1:12 am

For many decades, Nigerian musicians have been doing the continent proud on the international scene, smashing new grounds and winning various international awards. Despite facing the ugliest odds, they have remained undaunted in their quest for every available laurel, especially the coveted Grammy Awards; sharing the African sound with the world and expanding the reach of the Afrobeat genre. 

It is without any iota of doubt that the Nigerian entertainment industry has come of age in recent times. The Nigerian music industry, specifically, has witnessed exponential growth over the years, and this ceiling-shattering growth has introduced a rising hunger …

2023 Election: It's Time, Nigerians Start Facing Reality

2023 Election: It’s Time, Nigerians Start Facing Reality

March 2, 2023 1:08 am

The 2023 elections that many Nigerians have always talked about, prayed, dreamt, prophesied, hoped, and campaigned about finally came and passed over the weekend leaving most of them bruised and mentally defeated. In the aftermath, a good majority of them have resorted to prayers ignoring the fact that if prayers and good wishes were prerequisites for a prosperous country, Nigeria will be far richer than China. Indeed, they have refused to acknowledge the fact that repeated idiocy has never been known to produce different outcomes notwithstanding the frequency of attempts. 

After casting their votes on Saturday, anxious Nigerians waited patiently …

RCCG: The Virile Breeding Ground For Tribal Bigots

RCCG: The Virile Breeding Ground For Tribal Bigots

March 2, 2023 1:04 am

In today’s Nigerian churches, there are various pointers that could help delineate the audacity of religious hypocrisy which has already metamorphosed into a culture, perhaps it could play an important role in exposing the blatant evils, lies, and cruelty perpetrated in the name of Organised Religion in the country. 

One of the dangerous situations that many Nigerians have refused to come to terms with is the fact that contrary to the saintly apparel the church and its leaders have continued to clad themselves in, they are perhaps among the biggest sources of instability to the country who they never …

The Chinese Balloon And The Breakdown of US Diplomatic Ties

The Chinese Balloon And The Breakdown of US Diplomatic Ties

February 28, 2023 4:25 am

The Chinese balloon spotted in the open sky of the United States last week has taken the pre-existing diplomatic ruckus between the two superpowers to a dodgy height. While China said it was a civilian weather research ‘airship’ that has strayed into US airspace, the US rejected that out of hand, saying, it was a spy balloon used by China ‘in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States’.  

Despite China’s diplomatic tone that the object did not constitute a physical and security threat, the US waited till Saturday the February 5, to shoot down the balloon …

Why Africa Needs to Collapse its Discriminatory Borders

Why Africa Needs to Collapse its Discriminatory Borders

February 28, 2023 4:18 am

Africa as a continent is not new to migration, but the situation surrounding migration within the continent never improves even after many years have passed. The International Organisation for Migration details that a ring network of traffickers and smugglers continues to facilitate irregular and illegal migration from Eastern Africa to the South of the continent.

These smugglers have unrefined and risky methods of transporting these migrants in order to avoid getting found out by the authorities. The methods are so dangerous that many migrants lose their lives in the process and never reach their proposed destination.

Africans migrate for so …

2023 Election A Flawed System Can Never Guarantee Fairness

2023 Election: A Flawed System Can Never Guarantee Fairness

February 28, 2023 4:12 am

Time and time again, attempting to solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it has always proven to be delusional and a pure waste of time. Against sound logic and reasoning, many Nigerians over the weekend validated the same system that they are desirous of changing thereby limiting themselves in the process and one can only question the rationale behind their logic.

Over the past two decades, many critically-minded people have continuously posited that the major issue confronting the Nigerian state is the fraudulent 1999 constitution. This constitution which came with an electoral philosophy dedicated to …

Ekpa Is Not Nigeria's Problem But It's Bogus Constitution

Ekpa Is Not Nigeria’s Problem But It’s Bogus Constitution

February 28, 2023 3:36 am

A few days ago, there was a frenzy in the Nigerian social media space after Simeon Ekpa, the self-appointed Biafran spokesperson and a disciple of Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in faraway Finland. The reactions which greeted the arrest will leave one wondering when Ekpa’s influence grew that much to the extent that his arrest in another continent was ‘big’ news.

For people who do not know him, Ekpa (also known as Ifeanyi Njoku) is a Finland-based Nigeria-born Biafran self-styled secessionist activist. He was born on March 21, 1985, in Ohaukwu LGA, Ebonyi State in South-Eastern Nigeria. He currently leads the …

Wike’s Dashed Hopes And The History Of Abandoned Governors

Wike’s Dashed Hopes And The History Of Abandoned Governors

February 23, 2023 4:42 am

By the 29th of May, 2023, for the first time in ages, the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesome Wike will get an opportunity to introspect deeply on his roles, involvements, and actions during the past seven years as Rivers State Governor. For the first time since democracy returned in 1999, Wike looks likely not to be on the payroll of any government. It sure promises to be a defining moment. 

The maverick Governor of Rivers State who has managed to put his name on everyone’s lips is a toxic influence on Nigerian politics. Like virtually all narcissists, he thrives on …

Naira Redesign El-Rufai Needs To Stop Deluding Himself

Naira Redesign: El-Rufai Needs To Stop Deluding Himself

February 23, 2023 4:35 am

Politics, for Nigerian politicians, is a mere clash of interests which they often manage to masquerade as a contest of principles. For them, politics is simply an avenue that allows them to make their selfish desires seem like national interests without raising so much suspicion. 

Of a truth, millions of innocent and law-abiding Nigerians did not see the current naira swap saga coming. Over the past two weeks, the cash redesign policy has seen an unexpected wave of cash crunch visited on the long-suffering populace without the brains behind it considering the grave implications on them or how to cushion …

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