Permit me to declare upfront that the trip to Adamawa State was entirely financed by me; and the State Government provided no guided tour. This is my honest assessment of one of the least reported states in Nigeria. The N400, 000 bill was, to me, money well-spent. I will do it again if the opportunity presents […]

The Senate President could simply have ignored the “accuser” because in reality there is no valid allegation.

Today, kidnapping people is Nigeria’s fastest growing business sector, the returns on investment – usually a worthless life – are astonishing

Facts speak for themselves”. That is what most of us have been led to believe. But like most common statements, when put to the test, it has not always been the case. Back in the 1970s, working with a research firm in Boston, USA, we set out to put that statement to the test. Actors were […]

Every Nigerian now knows that the Buhari government obtained N30 trillion under Ways and Means, W&M, from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in eight years. Every naira represented pre-meditated economic sabotage; particularly when the transactions were undertaken without prior approval of the National Assembly, NASS, as required by another Section of the CBN Act.

“Many people sold their boys and girls for a little rice…Hunger stalked us…People of all ages began to die….Everyone had to live with half-empty stomachs …People started looting, searching for food” -Bijoykrishna, survivor of the Bengal famine in 1943 (BBC, February 23, 2023) The old man talking is reported to be 102 years old and one […]

“Caesar, beware, the ides of March” – William Shakespeare, 1546-1616 As Shakespeare rendered it, in his famous book, JULIUS CAESAR, the Roman Emperor (Jagaban if you wish) was at the peak of his powers; without realising that a plot against him was in progress. A seer approached Caesar to warn the most powerful man on […]

“Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man is starving” – O’Henry, 1862-1910. About two weeks ago, your Vice President called Nigerians, who registered their displeasure about the continuing devaluation of the Naira, “clowns” for not supporting the government now when things are tough. […]

“FG bars states from collecting mining royalties” – Minister for Solid Minerals Development (Report, February 2, 2024) According to Dele Alake, “state governments and local governments are entitled to collect other taxes, such as ground rent and other taxes, but they are not to collect royalty and tax on mining.” The announcement, if it stands, […]

“Facts speak for themselves”. That is what most of us have been led to believe. But like most common statements, when put to the test, it has not always been the case. Back in the 1970s, working with a research firm in Boston, USA, we set out to put that statement to the test. Actors were […]

“But, the fact in our favour is that nothing was done under the veil of secrecy. We were as transparent and accountable as possible, being aware of the fact that posterity was the ultimate judge” – Ex-President Buhari at the launching of the books chronicling the purported achievements of his administration. I have not read […]

“Charity begins at home.” Dear President Bola Tinubu, from records available to me, you have always claimed Lagos Island in Lagos State as your home. If that is true, your visit to Lagos during the Yuletide in December did not reflect it. You came with a battalion of soldiers – mostly non-Lagosians – like a conqueror; […]

“I know death hath ten thousand several doors for men to take their exits” – John Webster, 1580-1652. This article could easily have been titled SCARCE DRUGS, HIGH PRICES KILLING NIGERIANS PREMATURELY and it would just have been appropriate. But, since the end of everything is death, we might as well confront the issue head […]

“All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies” – Dr John Arbuthnot, 1667-1735. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is close to the graveyard; mostly because Nigerians got sick and tired of the unfulfilled promises and outright lies the leaders of the party peddled for sixteen years. In a saner society, former President […]

“It matters not how a [woman] dies, but how [she] lives…” – Dr Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784 Johnson left many in teresting statements carved on stones. Among them was the one which startled me at first: “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” The second is the one above. Once you are alive, the only […]