Emperor Tinubu and the Jos massacre, by Ugoji Egbujo
Emperors owe no duties to their subjects. When they deign to show pity, it must be applauded as great charity. President Tinubu cannot feel the people’s pain. He didn’t tell the truth to that woman who clutched to her dead son, Ayiba, and stirred the soul of the nation. He owes Jos—and the many other communities ravaged […]
Abiola and June12:Buhari’s benevolent spirits have come awake?
Apologies to China Achebe. It appears Buhari’s benevolent spirits have started cracking his palm kernels. It had been one week one trouble. He conceded many own goals. His opponents were euphoric. Some angry bishops joined the chorus of some old generals. They wanted him to return unceremoniously to his farm in Daura. The National Assembly leaders were pursuing vendetta in clandestine flirtation with impeachment. Then in one simple stroke against a 25 year old injustice, his opponents fell into disarray, and the president had his best week in years.
The Senate President and the Good Boys of Kwara
Since he sat in fellowship with the opposition and got catapulted to that great height he has never really slept with both eyes closed. He has flown without perching, and when he perched, he perched on one foot.
Wakandanization of Nigeria: An urgent priority for Black race
Rich and successful blacks are denied it. True status belongs to whites only. Racism may have left the streets but it has burrowed in hearts. It basks in bedrooms and private gardens, out of the view of political correctness. It seems almost immortal. Rosean Barr, a popular American television star, took a few tablets of Ambien for insomnia and called Valeria Jarret an ape. She thinks she made a mistake. The mistake was that she took to twitter when the drug had opened the gates of her mind.
Genital checks: Good move by the RCCG
The church prohibits premarital sex. The Bible labels it fornication. The church condemns premarital physical intimacy between intending couples. The Bible deems it sexual immorality. The church abhors marital separations and divorces. The Bible says marriage is for better and for worse. And many Christian denominations interpret the Bible to mean that a divorcee cannot re-marry. So Christian marriage is considered sacrosanct.
Kaduna and Rivers: A tale of two states
They are home to the two most important towns in Nigeria outside of Lagos: the headquarters of the Northern and Eastern regions. They are a story of a broken promise. Port Harcourt could have been a dazzling garden and port city. It was the place where tourism planned to meet business. Kaduna represented power and hope. Now, it represents the North and its baffling retardation, retrogression. It hosts a multitude of educational institutions yet owns a teeming population of idle illiterate youths.
