(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 26 July, 2021). Deep, dark secrets are snakes; they shed old skins to torment their keepers. So it is true that some Nigerians received non-Nigerian Fulani outlaws into our forests? The Emir of Muri in Taraba State, Alhaji Abbas Tafida, spilled the beans last week. He threatened bandits…
Nigeria Customs of Death By Lasisi Olagunju
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 19 July, 2021) Grand ancestor of Nollywood, Ayinla Olumegbon’s ‘Wole Wole Arufin’ (The Lawless Sanitary Inspector) was very popular in the 1970s. The story was about a sanitary inspector who was consistent in searching soup and water pots for infractions. His method and diligence regularly paid off –…
Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday Igboho, Boko Haram: Two Faces of Government Contradictions
Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba rights activist, has declared he will not be intimidated by the recent fresh attempt by the Department of State Services, (DSS) to arrest him. He said any attempt to arrest him on Yoruba land will fail woefully. Nnamdi Kanu, still in DSS custody, is as defiant…
The North’s Misguided Anger Towards Southern Governors
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 12 July, 2021) Aye ti ba je! (the world has gone bad). A US dollar exchanged for N504 at the weekend. What this means is that your one million naira cannot buy two thousand dollars worth of anything. It will get worse going forward. On April 13, 2018,…
The Cats in Igboho’s House
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 5 July, 2021) It was in Hubert Ogunde’s ‘Jayesinmi’ that we last saw witches transforming into cats – black cat, red cat. I never knew witchery and witchcraft have found their way into the curricula of our security academies until the recent Igboho night experience. Media reports said…
Nosa Igiebor to Buhari: Obnoxious media bills show your government lacks legitimacy
Nosa Igiebor is the co-founder/president of Tell Communications, publishers of Tell Magazine. In this interview with The ICIR’s Executive Director Dayo Aiyetan, the veteran journalist criticises the Muhammadu Buhari-led government for trying to stifle the freedom of information space in the country. He urges Nigerian citizens and the media to resist the attempt and defy…
Nigeria’s Pandemic of Hunger
Our Minister of Agriculture is Alhaji Muhammad Nanono from Kano State. The Minister of State for that ministry is Alhaji Mustapha Baba Shehuri from Borno State. You are wondering why the two of them come from the far north? Where else do you have farmers in Nigeria except in the North East and the North…
Prof. Auwalu Yadudu’s Scaremongering: Why The NASS Must Ignore Him
I have just read, to my utmost chagrin and dismay, a release authored by Prof. Auwalu Yadudu and currently trending in the social media. Yadudu titled his piece (which apparently represents his memorandum to the NASS Committee on the Review of the Constitution), “AVOID TAKING THE SLIPPERY SLOPE PATH TO CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW”. Although, I have…
The Twitter Ban, Prosecution, More Prisons And Link With JUSUN Strike
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has just ordered the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation to immediately prosecute offenders contravening the Federal Government’s ban on twitter operations in Nigeria. Indeed, he wants the DPP to liaise with the Ministry of Communications and Digital…
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