“You do not call a hyena to discipline a troublesome goat”— African proverb His name is Aliyu. He is better known as Ali Fari due to his light skin. He could be anywhere between 13 and 16. No one is sure. It has never been important. His father died about six years ago in a fight […]

The Nigerian National Assembly, NASS, while earning one of the highest incomes in the world, has one of the lowest qualities of any parliament in the universe.   Lawyers are wont to   submit that he who alleges must prove. So, let me submit my proofs on both claims, and you judge if they are true.     One […]

On 6 December 1977, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s military Head of State, received a group of young men from the east who had come to present him with a trophy won in the field of football contest against the rest of Africa.

“A political party deserves the approbation of the American people only as it represents the ideals, the aspirations and hopes of Americans. If it is anything else, it is merely a conspiracy to seize power” – US President Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969. I strongly believe that a Nigerian political party deserves to be called one only if […]

A friend of mine sent me the link of the clip of my old buddy, Dr Reuben Abati, declaring that the civil war in Nigeria has not ended. Therefore the North will not vote for the likely candidacy of Peter Obi, an Igbo from the East. It of course struck me on two levels. Dr. Abati […]