President-Elect Bola Tinubu could help himself to help the economy of the Nigerian people by making statements that can positively impact economic issues, like inflation, foreign exchange rate, interest rate, Foreign Direct Investment, the agricultural sector, and even rejuvenation of the practically moribund manufacturing sector. When he speaks on issues that affect the lives and…
If the Yoruba of South-West Nigeria think the world is going to wait for them to get their act together, they’ve got a thing coming. They are going to serve new cultural and economic overlords even within their own portion of the earth. Other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria owe the Yoruba nothing, except their rights…
A friend confessed that he had been watching with utter alarm, dismay and a sense of helplessness as the inward drive of motor traffic from Mowe, Ogun State, to Berger/Kara, onto the old Lagos Tollgate corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway inflicts agony on commuters. The other day, yours truly also went through the excruciating agony,…
Two individuals, who are probably unknown to each other, but with more than passing interest, called after reading this column last week on the audacious call by some for a coup d’état and the lesser evil of Interim Government. Each caller thought the intervention should have leaned towards his “The right” position. Asked why he…
Before the next government formally removes petrol subsidies, a few things must be put in place. The outgoing government of President Muhammadu Buhari that announced the gradual phasing out of the subsidy makes no provision for subsidy in the budget beyond mid-2023. In 2022, the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited reported that it spent a…
Maybe you’ve seen the photo of the old man who recently married a pre-teen 11-year-old girl and you remember a former Nigerian Governor, who took a 13-year-old Egyptian girl child as a bride. If you did, and you know the importance of training a child to prosper and to contribute to the progress of Nigeria,…
While attempting to predict that the United States of America will soon lose its supremacy over the rest of the global village to China, a friend traced the story of how the domination of the world passed from one civilization to another through history. He claimed that after the Phoenicians, Egypt became the next leader…
Nigerians, who are old enough, would remember a foolhardy “Daniel,” who entered into the lion’s den at the Zoological Garden of the University of Ibadan in the late 1980s. He ended up as lunch for the lion that was minding its business in its lair. Those who went to the Ministry of Defence, to ask…
Those (mostly ex-military officers) who insist that Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable also contributed to making Nigeria difficult to live in. Practically all military coups in Nigeria were staged largely by members of the same ethnic group, safe for few “outsiders.” The January 1966 coup was carried out mainly by Igbo officers; the countercoup of…
Now that “governotorial” elections are over, and a winner has emerged as Governor-elect of Lagos State, it’s time for some home truths for indigenes of Lagos, who sold “even” their heritage lands to people they regard as “atohunrinwa,” and now go about bellyaching when the so-called aliens now insult them. Of course, it is insensitive,…