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Nigeria is a conservative country which still upholds its traditions jealously. This is the notion that the average Nigerian is presented with and made to project. The other side of the conservative coin presents the country’s deep religious beliefs distributed between adherents of the Christian faith, Islam and traditional religions. So whatever people do whichContinue reading “The Cross Dresser, the fuss et al.”

What’s in a name? This is the usual phrase that comes up when referring to something people think they are familiar with. The essence of such a phrase is to dampen a narrative, probably based on what could be considered a case closed scenario. Professing a genuine solution to the Nigerian question and its challenges,Continue reading “United States of Nigeria; What’s the Magic?”

The 2023 general election in Nigeria like the past few national elections after 1999 have been relatively competitive and highly emotive. What most of these elections have achieved is projecting the country’s fault lines rather than uniting the country. However, it’s worth asking why Nigerian elections always throw up old wounds wrapped around ethnicity orContinue reading “Why the Nigerian politician will continue to get away with “murder”.”

The city of Lagos had a reputation in the eighties and early nineties as chaotic, heavily polluted and a sore on the national psyche. Lagos then was referred to as the urban jungle where life was brutish, miserable and probably short. At the resumption of civil rule in Nigeria in 1999, Governor Bola Ahmed TinubuContinue reading “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu playing the role of the disruptor”

There is the cliché, which states that Nigeria is or Nigerians are religious. What is actually being said is that, Nigerians manifest a near pious deposition, with a supposed love of God and the fear of not going against his will. Are Nigerians really religious by the definition provided above? No, the majority are notContinue reading “Sheikh Gumi; Unravelling a political masquerade.”

The incoming administration of president elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made one of its mantra to “kick the ground running”, when it comes into power. The thought of the new government is that, time is of the essence and it hasn’t got much of such time to spare as it aims to satisfy theContinue reading “What the Tinubu Administration should prioritise in the area of foreign policy.”

The Gangs of Lagos, streaming on Prime Video platform continues to generate an animate form of reaction, which ordinarily would require taking a critical look in such directions but looking closer at those who have taken up the gauntlet, are political entities supposedly speaking on behalf of the people, their constituents? The truth is politiciansContinue reading “Flipping the Coin on The Gangs of Lagos.”

It takes genuine passion and sacrifice for a young person to decide on growing up too soon, forgoing the pleasures of being in the company of their peers, having fun and getting up to pranks as expected and being rightfully a youngster. Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate in their wisdom feel that their future isContinue reading “COP26; Where does the Non-Industrialised World fit into an equitable solution?”

As the anniversary of the Nigerian youth movement is upon us, echoes of the past are reverberating once again, bringing to the fore the relevance of one of the major components of contemporary Nigeria political reality, the youth population. The government on its part has been quite proactive in ensuring that the anniversary is nippedContinue reading “#EndSars: A Catalyst spawned for Nigeria’s political Endgame.”