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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 …

2023: Why Nigerians Must Not Endorse Another Sham Election

2023: Why Nigerians Must Not Endorse Another Sham Election

February 20, 2023 3:30 am

By this weekend, most Nigerians have concluded plans to troop out en-masse to endorse the flawed system that has held down their country for over six decades. By voting in the elections on the 25th of February with Nigeria as presently constituted, Nigerians will simply be renewing their contracts with the slave master which is the 1999 constitution. This article is not to cast aspersions on these Nigerians who have chosen that path to redemption but to remind them that their decision is apparently not the best on the cards.

For a vast majority of Nigerians, the past seven …

Malami Must Be Pressured To Release Nnamdi Kanu

Malami Must Be Pressured To Release Nnamdi Kanu

February 16, 2023 3:08 am

If Nigeria is not a banana Republic, why is Nnamdi Kanu still behind bars despite a clear order for his release? Many months after an Appeal Court judgement provided the leeway for Nigerian authorities to walk the talk as ones desirous of respecting Nigeria’s diversity by releasing Nnamdi Kanu and seeking political solutions to the problems besieging the South East region and parts of the South-South, the Nigerian federal government is still adamant and hell-bent on keeping Kanu incarcerated against all voices of reason. 

It is without any iota of doubt that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra …

Menace Of Roadblocks In Southern Nigeria

Menace Of Roadblocks In Southern Nigeria

February 13, 2023 3:23 am

A greater percentage of interstate roads in Nigeria are probable death traps. From state to state, the deplorable state of these roads is an enduring feature one will find everywhere. As things stand today, it will be the 8th wonder of the world to travel a 100-kilometer stretch of road anywhere in Nigeria without encountering potholes, craters, gullies, and other hazards. As bad as the roads already are, the predicaments of Nigerians do not stop there as checkpoints, better known as roadblocks in local parlance have added more pain to their suffering.

Anyone who is a regular user of Nigerian …

Joe Ajaero NLC New President, Honour Well-Deserved

Joe Ajaero: NLC New President, Honour Well-Deserved

February 13, 2023 3:13 am

A great leader is one who does everything within his power to leave memorable footprints on the sands of time. It is a leader who is decisive enough and has all the guts needed to take bold and frank decisions regardless of whose ox is gored. These molds of leaders are quite scarce and do not occur every day and that is because their qualities are unique and outstanding. Comrade Joe Ajaero is one of such great leaders and celebrating, and encouraging them is always the right thing to do.

A few days ago, Mr. Ajaero emerged unopposed as the …

Tinubu's War With Buhari's Cabal

Tinubu’s War With Buhari’s Cabal: Has Jagaban Been Tamed?

February 6, 2023 5:39 am

Regardless of how one chooses to look at it, these are certainly not the best of times for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The relationship between himself and the man he claims to have made President eight years ago is clearly not the blossoming one that the minions of both individuals have continuously painted for Nigerians.

The cordiality of Tinubu’s relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari and some key figures in his party has been nothing close to being excellent. A fortnight ago, Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad who is the director, Civil Society Liaison, …

PDP G-5 Govs When Mature Men Dance Naked In Public

PDP G-5 Govs: When Mature Men Dance Naked In Public

February 6, 2023 5:32 am

In recent times, the group of five Governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has grown to become a public nuisance. Last December, through their garrulous leader and spokesman who doubles as the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesome Wike, they had promised to name a Presidential candidate in January and join his campaign train, despite the furore generated by that proclamation, it is one week into February and the spinless Governors are still hiding under their disillusionment. 

Over the last eight months, the G-5 Governors who also call themselves the ‘Integrity’ group of Governors, made up of Governors Nyesome Wike …

2023 Election Why No Nigerian Politician Should Be Trusted

2023 Election: Why No Nigerian Politician Should Be Trusted

February 6, 2023 5:19 am

For many decades, many Nigerians have continued to blindly trust politicians and leaders who appear at every election curve to tell them the things they love to hear. Time and time again, these cruel politicians have continued to unapologetically smash their hopes and aspirations without consequences and the Nigerian situation has only continued to get worse.

Nigerian politicians have consistently failed to deliver on the many promises they make over time. A careful look at the campaign promises that have been dished out from political podiums since the 1979 elections shows that the themes and promises are the same: that …

Buhari's Cluelessness Has Set Nigeria On Autopilot

Buhari’s Cluelessness Has Set Nigeria On Autopilot

February 2, 2023 5:06 am

You cannot give what you don’t have they say and that’s a fact. When a clueless leader like President Muhammadu Buhari is allowed to take over the cockpit of a badly worn-out aircraft like Nigeria, the outcome can be very easy to predict. President Buhari, on record, is officially Nigeria’s worst nemesis and if you permit, the worst leader to be produced by the country.

This postulation is not in any way trying to suggest that Nigeria has not had a fair share of bad leaders in the past or that her problems started with President Buhari. No, faf from …

Rented Rally Crowds The Stark Symptom Of Failed Leadership

Rented Rally Crowds: The Stark Symptom Of Failed Leadership

February 2, 2023 4:50 am

In less than 25 days, Nigerian politicians will once again attempt to outdo themselves in their quest to inherit the seat currently occupied by President Muhammadu Buhari. Just as they have always done, they have once again unleashed theatrical moves to win the hearts of Nigerians and sway potential voters using large crowds. The age-long perceptual game of showing strength in the size of crowds they are able to pull off is presently in full throttle and many Nigerians do not even understand that they are merely pawns.

This game which has taken its roots deeply in the political …

Petrol Scarcity And The Depravity Of Nigerian Leaders

Petrol Scarcity And The Depravity Of Nigerian Leaders

January 30, 2023 4:25 am

It beggars belief how an oil-producing country like Nigeria has been enmeshed in a fuel crisis that has now spanned four months. It has been four months of pain, weeping, and gnashing of teeth for Nigerians who count for nothing in the minds of their leaders from every indication.

Africa’s most populous country and one of the largest producers of crude oil has been grappling with an economy-shattering scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise referred to as ‘PMS’ since the last quarter of 2022. Nigerians have simply lost count of the number of excuses that have been provided by different …

₦77 Trillion Debt Buhari's Wickedness On Nigeria's Future

₦77 Trillion Debt: Buhari’s Wickedness On Nigeria’s Future

January 16, 2023 3:13 am

It has been established that there is nothing wrong with borrowing, however, when one borrows on behalf of the public only to steal it, it becomes highly sacrilegious, wicked, and inhumane since the repayment of such debts are going to fall back on the same public who knew nothing about it Ab initio. 

Perhaps, one of the most potent dangers threatening the very foundation of the Nigerian state is the increasing propensity of governments to solely rely on internal and external borrowing to finance their operations. Under previous administrations that preceded the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, there were flashes …

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