I have been told a million times how we who run small political parties do not have structures. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is preening to withdraw our licenses. We are being marked, and judged on the basis of the results of one semester. A deregistration – if it takes place – will be...
I was in University of Calabar recently, at the invitation of their Economics students, and one of the other speakers was an accomplished comedian/on-air personality. He made a profound statement that people (like me) who are too serious, never make money. And he is right. The powers-that-be at any point in time, also have more...
The race for competitiveness is every bit as fierce as the competition among companies in the marketplace. Countries compete for investment, talent, growth, and opportunity in a globalized world, and those that are pushed out of the running surrender the greatest prize of all: human development, prosperity, and happiness for their people” – Sheikh Muhammad Bin...
When an English man talks of a ‘gentleman’s agreement’, he means an agreement reached by people with integrity, who place a premium on their words and names. A gentleman needn’t necessarily be tame or docile, and is certainly not clueless. He is one who doesn’t need the axe of the law dangling over him before...
Or I should title this; “Why Does APC Never Listen to Bola Tinubu?” Well, there is surely something that the followers of Bola Ahmed Tinubu see in him, which some of us don’t. What we see more often is the bad news, the purported greed and alleged ownership of half of Lagos, and so on....
In the past two weeks a very famous video clip has gone viral. It’s the video of Senator Professor Sola Adeyeye as he waxed philosophical on the floor of the Nigerian Senate. I decided to respond to him for several reasons, notably that Nigerians being very emotional people get carried away with great oratory while...
What has the world turned into? That is a very popular refrain when we contemplate how yesterday is better than today. The thought that yesterday is always better than today is documented in psychology as a cognitive bias. In truth though, yesterday is not necessarily better than today. The ‘good old days’ weren’t really as...
I had given INEC a pass mark after the Presidential Elections. But by the second round of elections for State Governors and Houses of Assembly, I drastically reviewed my position. However the entire charade of an election is not an issue for INEC alone. The elections were watered by the blood of the innocent as...
It was a fairly easy decision for me to take when I was asked by organizers of Pius Adesanmi’s candlelight vigil at Abuja, to allow Senator Bukola Saraki who just arrived, speak ahead of me. It was perhaps the quickest and easiest ‘NO!’ I ever said. I then quipped that Pius would never have agreed...
I try to give President Buhari several opportunities to convince or at least inspire cooperation from myself and other Nigerians I know. I believe the man is beyond redemption and the next four years will be like the last four, if not worse (for most Nigerians that is). Those profiting from the inefficiencies and general...
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