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 […]
Want to die for a rumour? Go ahead
By Dele Sobowale “A journalist should be pursuing a fair rendition of truth without regard to popular moods, the journalist should not be swayed by public opinion, only by the pursuit of truth; as close as he or she can get to it” – Malvin Kalb, 1997, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 109. “Journalists […]
Why Igbo should not go home for census
By Dele Sobowale “The mass return of our people during this forthcoming population census will help us quantify the population of Biafrans in Nigeria. They have always told the world that we are a dot with an insignificant population” – Nnamdi Kanu, leader Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, April 5, 2023. I can understand the […]
No to Interim or National Government (2)
By Dele. Sobowale “There is a pleasure in being mad which none but mad men know” – Saul Bellow, 1915-2005, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 147 This second and last part in the series is in response to a text message from our reader 0806-666-7339 who asked me “where do we go from here?” […]
No to Interim or National Government
By Dele Sobowale 0806-666-7339: “Uncle Dele, the 2023 elections have come and gone. The country is at crossroad; our politicians have employed crude strategies to divide NIGERIANS to serve their selfish interests. HOW DO WE PROCEED FROM HERE?” I have been asked that question over one hundred times since the “final” results of the presidential […]
Sixty days to form cabinet? Absolutely ridiculous
By Dele Sobowale ‘Buhari signs bill compelling President, Govs to form cabinet within 60 days” – News Report, MARCH 18, 2023. “A fool if offered eternity will not know what to do with it” – Epicurus, 341-270 BC, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ. It was the third paper I was reading on Saturday. And, right […]
President, Govs disown the poor
By Dele Sobowale “Fish rots from the head.” If you want to know how good or bad a country is, just take a look at the top politicians. It is now becoming an axiom of political science, that it is almost impossible to have a great country with absolutely atrocious leaders in charge. It all […]
LP, NNPP, PDP and their M*A*D posture
“Alliances are held together by fear; not by love” – Harold Macmillan, 1894-1986, British Prime Minister. Harold Macmillan said many notable things. But, one of his most famous was his announcement regarding “the wind of change blowing through the continent [Africa]” on February 3, 1960 to the White South African Parliament. That was the period several […]
I warned INEC would foul up and create anarchy
By Dele Sobowale “Blessed are they that expect nothing; for they shall never be disappointed” – Anonymous. “Oh! What a tangled web we weave/when first we practice to deceive” – Walter Scott, 1771-1832, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 35. Let me first of all confess to making a prediction that did not come to […]
Current anarchy foretold
By Dele Sobowale “In times of victory, prophets are unnecessary distractions” – Trevor Roper, 1914-2003, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p204. I laugh each and every time a categorical statement is made concerning future events in Nigeria. Invariably, they are pronouncements which can be verified to determine whether they occur or not. As Buhari embarks […]
CEJN says no to Muslim-Muslim team
By Dele Sobowale “The “Yes-man” is the enemy; your true friend will argue with you and fight with you” – Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, 1918- 2003 Every presidential and governorship candidate in Nigeria is surrounded by “Yes-men” – people who agree with everything he says or does and are ever ready to do battle with those who […]
