Ortom and his 23 cars’ ‘bonus’, by Dele Sobowale
“As I talk to you, after I left office, vehicles that were given to me legitimately by government, this government went and seized them in a manner that was not befitting” – Former Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Last week, former Governor Donald Duke of Cross River declared that military rule was, in many […]
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, […]
One-party = A dictator and end of June 12, by Dele Sobowale
“When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of the regime” – Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965 “The face of tyranny is always mild at first” – Jean Racine, 1639-1699 Most African and Nigerian leaders are often too busy hustling to make […]
