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Buhari and the Marabouts by Reuben Abati

Buhari and the Marabouts by Reuben Abati

“Have you read Lauretta Onochie’s latest post?” “Lauretta. Lauretta. Who is she?” “She is a social media assistant at the Presidency. She shoots straight and direct. She defends President Muhammadu Buhari with the passion of someone the President treats like a daughter.” “Not a son, this time, a daughter! Interesting. Of power, fathers, wives, sons […]

The sons of perdition and the lamentation of the blind by FFK

The sons of perdition and the lamentation of the blind by FFK

Instead of responding to the words of Eric Joyce, the former British MP who told the world via his twitter handle on 19th May that President Muhammadu Buhari had died in a London hospital, Deacon Femi Adesina, the Special Advisor to the President on Media, in an essay titled “They Learnt Nothing and They Forgot Nothing”, wrote like a true corpsocrat, refused to clarify the matter and instead said that he was ready to follow Buhari “into battle blindfolded”

When beggars die there are no comets seen but …

When beggars die there are no comets seen but …

Life is but a chapter of mysteries which every known religion in the world offer satisfying and never satisfactory answers. The complexity and intricacies of life make it a difficult subject and one that is obviously beyond the ken of mere mortals. Obviously, the capacity of the human brain and mind to capture, in any proportion, the mysteries of life is not just limited but grossly inadequate.

Exam malpractice and JAMB’s futile attempt to tarnish Igbo image

Exam malpractice and JAMB’s futile attempt to tarnish Igbo image

The just concluded examinations (UTME) conducted by JAMB on prospective candidates into universities has unfortunately become another tool in the hands of federal institutions under the APC administration to continue to attempt to humiliate Ndigbo in every area of their success in order to futilely make them appear as villains rather than as the victims of a jaundiced system maturing into a malignant cancerous entity.