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 […]
Is it the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
Leadership is one thing; clowning is another kettle of fish. The new APC Chairman is acting a role for which he is not prepared
Authority stealing again under Buhari
The parasites in the Presidency know they have a leader who does not give a damn if they steal everything that is not bolted down – and perhaps even those. So nobody accounts for anything. Who asks them?
Osinbajo on a needless jamboree
Several economic policy inconsistencies characterize the Nigerian economic management which have the total effect of making planning for more than a few months hazardous at best and worthless at worst
Your land or your life: That is now policy
A leader who cannot occasionally reach out to critics to find out what the flatterers are hiding from him has already dug his own political grave
Audu Ogbeh again? God help us
Citizens in every country are forced to endure the stupidities of those in power. African leaders are invariably the least intelligent and they seldom offer excellent solutions to the problems their societies face each and every time
