There are not ten people in the world whose deaths would spoil my dinner, but there are one or two whose death would break my heart.
This is not the Nigeria and the North we inherited and for us it cannot be the North we desire to bequeath to our children. The present North was not bequeathed to us and neither our children are responsible for it. — Yakubu Gowon.
As at the end of last week we were informed that Boko Haram attacks have killed at least 935 people since they launched their terror on the people of Nigeria , according Human Right Watch.
Nigerians would do anything to attract votes- including selling their mothers. And I am surprised that Babatunde was surprised. Most Nigerians politician would do the same.
“If we don’t bring sense to the public finance, we can’t do any of the good things that we want to do”-Nick Clegg- Deputy Prime Minister of United Kingdom.
When things happen, you look for precedents. Just as the case of the subsidy removal from the petrol. You would think its not done. But there are lots of that before.
We have to do something decisively about the Boko Haram . We have decided that (have we not?). The Boko Haram group of lawless people who have decided to bring mayhem to the nation. There is nothing Islamic about them, it seems to me that they are political at best and vaguely sectarian.
You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. Malcolm X
Your postulations in the last couple of weeks astounds me and judging from the reactions of others, I know I am not in the minority. Yes, I am a Muslim but that is not all that defines me. I am a journalist, a husband, father and a Nigerian. I have always rated you as a capable and esteemed colleague.
Where do human rights begin and where do they end? I should think they should begin with al God-given rights and end where God’s laws naturally “adhere to proper human rights.”
“The escalation of the activities of the Boko Haram in Borno State was to stop all Nigeria Peoples Party from winning elections.”
“Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them” You all must have heard that Jonathan’s “candidate” has won the PDP ticket for Bayelsa gubernatorial primary.
“My proposal for a single seven-year tenure is anchored on the need for an incumbent president to focus maximum attention on the execution of his development programmes instead of expending vital energy on re-election issues”- Goodluck Jonathan
Pandora, the first woman in Greek mythology was given a box; a box that contained the world’s evil, when she opened it, evil escaped into the world and the only item left in the box was HOPE.
Each time Sanusi Lamido Sanusi opens his mouth, most of us are compelled to listen. For he makes some good sense. But this is not to say that we do not say some good sense as well.
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- Corrupt judge harmful to Nigeria, says CJN
- Group builds multi-million naira fire station in Lagos



