From begging to banditry: Revolt of the almajiris, by Dele Sobowale
“No revolution is the fault of the people but the fault of the government” – Johann Goethe, 1749-1832, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ. A revolution is underway in the Northern states of Nigeria. The downtrodden, constituting 99.9 per cent of the population, hitherto docile beggars, saying “rankadede” to the privileged 0.1 per cent are sick and […]
The deadly lies told by government officials
Life today is more insecure, Nigerians have been getting steadily poorer since 2015 and the misery index has shot up using the rate of reported suicide among adults and youths alike as the metric for measurement
Why is our Baba crying like a baby?
Buhari has not even threatened his life the way he was on the two previous occasions and he is already crying for help
What has age got to do with it?
Since 1999, Nigeria has had four leaders – two old and two relatively young. Two had terrible education in the military and two went beyond B.Sc in their university education. None will ever be remembered by posterity as great leaders
Tale of two old false historians – 2
We are witnesses to the atrocious leadership the old provide. Perhaps its time we try the young. At least, they will not spend millions of undisclosed dollars in London hospitals
Prof. B.K. Ogunmodede (1936-2018: Teacher Made In Heaven
Nigerians now have a somebody “in a rock” whose personal interests, now being vigorously pursued, will ensure that millions will starve to death
Tale of two old false Nigerian historians
Nigerians now have a somebody “in a rock” whose personal interests, now being vigorously pursued, will ensure that millions will starve to death
APC’s ice throne melting fast
That bigotry would sooner or later manifest so clearly that Christians who gave him a benefit of doubt in 2015 will never do so again. We have seen it with the mass murder of Christians with impunity
Your money or your life, that is the choice
As Osinbajo was busy with his failed attempt at investing his party with ill-fitting self-righteousness, the US and the World Bank were releasing reports which point to increasing corruption and poverty in Nigeria under Buhari.
Buhari and Nigerias leadership deficit
It is either Buhari cannot understand the simple words in the constitution of Nigeria which he swore to uphold or he was being deliberately mischievous
Buhari’s lost 18million Nigerians
We are fighting a losing battle against crime because the number of Have-nots keeps rising faster than our collective ability to provide security for the Haves whose population is underestimated
