Nigeria’s democracy without legislators and judiciary, by Dele Sobowale
“Legislators have the first place in the temple of glory; conquerors come behind them” – Voltaire, 1694-1778, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 126 When one of the world’s leading philosophers made that remark in the eighteenth century, democracy was a new idea. What another sage, half a world away, in America, described as “the government […]
Wike’s lives hang on a slender thread, by Dele Sobowale
“In all matters, one must consider the end” – Jean De La Fontaine, 1621-1695. “A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies”– Oscar Wilde, 1856-1900. Every active and deliberately controversial politician in a deadly political environment has two lives to protect – his real life and his political life. Occasionally, the two lives […]
Kayode Fayemi’s blunder, by Dele Sobowale
“It takes twenty years [or more] to make a REPUTATION and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that; you will do things differently”- Warren Buffett, 2022. “To murder one’s reputation is a kind of suicide; a detestable and odious vice”- Henry Fielding, 1707-1754, in TOM JONES. Former Governor of Ekiti State and Federal […]
Birthday greetings to IBB at 84, by Dele Sobowale
“The most moral man is not the one who restrains from evil, but he who does good” – Prof. Emevwo Biakolo, 1991, in The Guardian, 1991, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 164. Most Nigerians who have read quotations from the VBQ might be living under the impression that all the entries were from foreign lands […]
The end of Nigerian political parties, by Dele Sobowale
“A political party deserves the approbation of the American people only as it represents the ideals, the aspirations and hopes of Americans. If it is anything else, it is merely a conspiracy to seize power” – US President Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969. I strongly believe that a Nigerian political party deserves to be called one only if […]
Sir Gabriel Igbinedion, a tree who made several forests, by Dele Sobowale
“God could not be everywhere and, therefore, he made mothers” – Jewish proverb.
Sir (Chief) Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion,…
Femi Adesina made Buhari’s hypocrisy worse, by Dele Sobowale
“Silence is golden when you can’t think of an [intelligent] answer” – Mohammed Ali, 1942-2016. Buhari’s death has exposed more horrors about the real attitude of those who held the highest posts in his government – which was largely a failure based on lies and hypocrisy. Last week, my column addressed Garba Shehu’s confession that he […]
Buhari’s Aso Rock rats and matters arising, by Dele Sobowale
“Every government is run by liars; and nothing they say should be believed…” -I. F. Stone, 1907-1989. I was halfway through with the article intended for this week when two things happened. Former President Buhari, 1943-2025, passed on in a London Hospital; where he undoubtedly had gone to save his life. Unfortunately, the man might have […]
Truth at last about Buharinomics from Tinubu, by Dele Sobowale
I inherited a country near bankruptcy – President Tinubu at Saint Lucia, July 3, 2025. It must have been divine coincidence. One of Buhari’s former Senior Special Assistants launched his book a day before – undoubtedly full of half-truths and plain lies about the wonders performed by the former President. Nobody expects an ex-official, who spent […]
PRESIDENCY 2027: If not Tinubu who else? By Dele Sobowale
“You can’t beat something with nothing” – American baseball team coach after his team lost 17 games in a row. Since governance has been suspended for active politicking in Nigeria until May 2027, we might as well stop deceiving ourselves and squarely face the issue of selection of our President from 2027 to 2031. In […]
Hell in the north, a tragedy foretold (1), by Dele Sobowale
“In times of victory, prophets are unnecessary distractions” -Trevor Roper, 1914-2003, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 204. Pervasive genocides in the North have a label: MADE IN DEEP THE NORTH. Boko Haram, herdsmen, new terrorist religious groups, cattle rustlers, murderous land grabbers, unrelenting kidnappers and heartless murderers are all Northerners. There is no single Yoruba, […]
