Buhari: Cleaning the Augean Stables
Augeas, the mythical king of Elis, kept great stables that held 3,000 oxen and had not been cleaned for thirty years – until Hercules was assigned the job. Hercules accomplished…
Who governs Nigeria?
During the Jonathan administration, an outspoken opposition spokesperson had argued that Nigeria was on auto-pilot, a phrase that was gleefully even if ignorantly echoed by an excitable opposition crowd. Deeper…
See What Order, Discipline Did To China
Like a troubador traversing the land, we set forth at dawn, leaving Beijing for Shanghai, China’s economic nerve center. It was 8 am when we headed for the airport, meaning…
Between Quota and Federal Character principle
This reflection is a continuation of my last week’s piece on how to re-engineer our politics to make it less anarchic and more oriented towards nation-building. As I argued, there…
Leave Matter For Matthias
“I saw something yesterday. I thought it was a joke.” “What happened?” “Nigerians and their sense of humour; we always manage to squeeze laughter out of every situation, no matter…
So Who Do We Stone If Buhari Performs?
Recently, Prince Tony Momoh cane out boldly to state that he has offered himself for stoning should President Muhammadu Buhari not perform at the end of his present four-years tenure.…
It’s time to put Nigeria first
This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens” (ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs commentator successfully defines the tri-polarities governing…
Bandits in uniform, or a country of anything goes
I had a few sleepless nights last week. It had nothing to do with the searing heat in the country or the epileptic power supply by Nigeria’s eternally dysfunctional electricity…
In This Same Country…
There is today in Nigeria an entire generation of Nigerian-passport wielding men and women who do not actually know, to borrow Achebe’s words that indeed “there was once a country”.…
Understanding General Dambazau at 62
”Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.” –Mahatma Gandhi I will start this piece by ingeminating the story of a young man who…