GENERAL BABANGIDA AT 85: Another tribute, by Dele Sobowale
”Nobody is worth being called a friend unless he is prepared to suffer attacks on account of defending you” – Anonymous Annual tributes to former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, has become a ritual; shared by several highly respected individuals than most people realize. Despite the determined efforts by the June 12 opportunists, all they […]
Whose President is Bola Tinubu? By Dele Sobowale
The nation was allowed to spend money not earned and which may never be earned by RMAFC which was not established to allocate debt
Ministers needed now, not comedians, By Dele Sobowale
Umahi better be joking; otherwise he had either indicted or defamed several individuals and construction companies handling Federal Government projects now.
Let us pray and work for Tinubu to succeed (2), By Dele Sobowale
“God, give me the courage to change the things I can change, the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; and the wisdom to know the difference” – Irish prayer. Part 1 of this article started with the same prayer and it is repeated here for the same reason. Nigeria and Tinubu need our […]
Let us pray and work for Tinubu to succeed, By Dele Sobowale
Tinubu’s emergence did not change my mind much. His Muslim-Muslim ticket was ill-considered; and the fact that he received only 37 percent of the votes vindicates the belief that majority of Nigerians were not in support.
States are broke, nothing done in 100 days, By Dele Sobowale
Just as Emilokan got into Aso Rock and discovered that the Federal Government’s revenue for the next three years has been spent by Buhari, before he left, all the new governors are facing empty purses in addition to mountains of debts to pay.
Emilokan, awalokan appointments will not help Nigeria, By Dele Sobowale
It is doubtful if any of Buhari’s two Ministers of Finance would have even been short-listed for interview in any Banana Republic – let alone a nation calling itself the giant of a continent.
Palliatives = Two cups of grains, By Dele Sobowale
It is easier and better for all of us to bear in mind what is on offer – in case we are called upon to come and collect our own share of the palliatives. We should have an idea of what we are going to get; in exchange for all the inconveniences as well as risks to life and limbs going there.
Forget palliatives, fend for yourself, By Dele Sobowale
“There are no desperate situations; only desperate men” – Joseph Goebbels, 1897-1945, Hitler’s propaganda chief Tinubu is the most desperate man in Nigeria today; and possibly the most desperate President on Earth right now. I read at least three books on the last days of Adolf Hitler, 1899-1945, and some of what Nigerians are experiencing […]
BABANGIDA AT 82: Comparative analysis of governance, By Dele Sobowale
“There is a time in the affairs of governments when deadlock becomes total and ordinary human agencies are impotent to deal with the situation” – Harold Wilson, 1916-1995, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 81. Great Britain was caught in an economic quagmire similar to what Nigeria is now experiencing when the late British Prime […]
NIGER: Tinubu, ‘Commander-in-Chief’ without ‘troops’, By Dele Sobowale
“The worst thing that can happen to a leader is to look back; and find that nobody is following” – US President Lyndon B Johnson, 1908-1973. Talk is cheap. Nigeria is not Lagos. Presidents don’t talk first and think later. Those are three pieces of advice President Bola Tinubu should bear in mind whenever making […]
