By Obadiah Mailafia ON Friday 21 December, just two days before their recess, President Muhammadu Buhari presented Budget 2019 before a joint session of the National Assembly.  The bedlam was exceptional, if not unexpected. The president was interrupted several times by booing and heckling from the floor. It was such an unseemly spectacle. Senate President […]

Whenever you win in the flesh, count your losses spiritually; name them one by one. By Femi Aribisala There is a popular Christian film made by the gospel singer Carman called “The Champion.” The finale is a boxing match and by the end of the film, the audience is on its feet. The good guy, […]

For once, let the suffering of Nigerians touch the hearts of those responsible for what is going on now. We have heard enough lies and promises that were never kept

Vox Populi, Vox Dei” – this Latin, for the English statement, “the voice of the people is the voice of God,” has become so true, that it is now almost a cliché. The imperative of it is the signal spirit of the democratic idea, and the whole revolutionary notion that upended Feudalism and the Monarchy, and their primitive sense or idea of a “ruling class.”

There is no disputing the fact that Nigerians are in a bad state right now. Everything, both natural and human, seems to have conspired together to work against them and the country. If you are in doubt of the above assertion, please take a moment and reflect on when last there was any cheery news from the giant of Africa.