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 […]
With such friends Buhari needs no enemies
Civilian President Buhari, in 2017, the expected dragon-slayer, who developed a reputation as Military Head of State, 1984-85, for fighting corruption to a standstill is now a poor shadow of the young leader. Time and his friends had diminished him.
Why Fayose should run for President
Governor Fayose’s decision to run for the presidency in 2019 has predictably induced the sort of loud condemnation that should be expected from Nigerians.
Buhari and the South
“You know, in my very first meeting with President Buhari, he said he would like us to shift our focus to the northern region of Nigeria and we have done that. Now, it has been very difficult. The work there has been very difficult.” Jim Yong Kim, World Bank President.
What is it about oil that it reveals the worst in us?
I know this bravado management style runs contrary to the cleansing operations you engaged me to carry out at the inception of your administration.
Thank God for Atiku and Fayose
Power at the top is white hot. It is not for the timid. Leadership is also not for those contented to follow the crowd – usually of human sheep. With the 2019 elections only seventeen months away and the two major political associations – the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP – in disarray, lacking leadership, Nigeria is in deep trouble.
