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As president Muhammadu Buhari continues to battle his ailment in a London hospital, Jiti Ogunye has raised pertinent questions about what the situation connotes. In December 2009, we published in the media an article titled “President Yar Adua’s Illness, the Law and the Constitution”. In the article which appeared, in part, in Mustapha Ogunshakin’s Gavel International, and in The Guardian newspaper, we discussed the need to allow the dictates of the Constitution and our laws to govern the politics of President Umaru Yar’Adua’s ill health, which had thrown governance in Nigeria into a state of crisis at that point in time. We then called on President Umaru Yar’Adua to resign from office or be impeached for suppressing or misrepresenting the true facts of his ill heath, and thus obtaining power by false pretense. In the prevailing circumstances surrounding the illness of President Muhammadu Buhari, his seeking of medical treatment overseas, the non-disclosure of t...

Dear Aishat Muhammad Buhari, Are you telling us the zoo analogy remains the true picture of Nigeria ? When Shehu Sani wrote that comment, my only response to it was that he has written in deep innuendos. Then Madam responded, confirming my worries. Well, One significant tribe of Nigerians that derailed the government of President Jonathan then was the army of sycophants around and far from him. Any step he took, whether major or minor, positive or negative, he was always being showered with praises that were out of this world. He was simply their messiah. He could do no wrong. Of course President Jonathan got carried away. He thought he was actually building a virile nation. The sycophants failed him. He too failed himself for failing to separate reality from sycophancy. Most leaders get derailed by sycophants and praise singers. In a society where the leadership class is alleged to be populated and hijacked by Hyenas and Jackals........ does such reve...

By far, the best African fiction I've come across in recent times. From the protagonist Nihu's weaponry skills to his friendship with Old Philomenenges, the new friends he makes in his way and his tirade against Argon - this thriller is full of quick paced pure and indigenous action on steroids - delivered in every page. Legendary stuff! Splendid job, Omoruyi Uwuigiaren !!      --Shreyan Laha (Indian) Amazon Author Profile

Actually, I lied in Church this morning - small “white lie.” The preacher, a retired army general, referring to the Lekki and VI floods, mentioned a disturbing dream he had had a couple of years ago in which the entire VGC and Lekki areas were completely submerged. At the time of his dream, I worked for Chevron in a role as Geographic Information Systems Team Lead between 2000 and 2006. The Company itself is situated in the heart of the Lekki Peninsula. I also lived around the Alpha Beach area at the time. The learned general approached me and narrated his concern. He asked what I knew about the geologies and situational geographics of the area. ••• Before his dream, my concern about a possible natural disaster in the area was already established. Before going to work, I had jogged every morning, often to the Alpha beach behind our residence. It amazed me, at the time, just by mere visual awareness, how each year, the Atlantic claimed a significant portion of t...

The Chinese Communist Revolution, which aimed to liberate the Chinese majority from the oppressive bourgeoisie, took place between 1945 and 1950. Having spearheaded the revolution, the founding father of modern China- Mao ZeDong was worried that the revolution did no more than replace old elites with new ones; that the pre-revolution bourgeoisie elements were gradually infiltrating the government & society at large- aiming to restore capitalism; and that only a revolution of culture would unseat and unsettle the ruling class and keep China in a state of perpetual revolution which, theoretically, would serve the interests of the majority, rather than a tiny privileged elite. As a result, Mao launched the cultural revolution in 1966. As opposed to the initial 1945-50 revolution which merely kept the Chinese bourgeoisie at bay for a period (1950-66), the cultural revolution was effectively gradual, planting the seeds required to disenable the imminent return of the bourgeoisie. Occ...

A married man who served two terms as state governor and has since been in the Senate and is one of the "leaders of Nigeria" is caught in a sexual romp in a hotel. Even that has degenerated into ethnic and religious warfare, underwritten by cultural alibis. No way to say: what is wrong is wrong; what is bad is bad. Things are never that straightforward in Nigeria. I have told you times without number here that whenever a Nigerian says, "it is our culture", run away from him as fast as you can. He could be rationalizing or justifying genocide and hiding behind culture. I have also recently said that Nigeria is a paradise you shouldn't think of quitting because you will find no other paradise on earth where your outrage immediately earns you a broad confederacy of defenders, explainers, understanders, rationalizers, and justifiers of whatever outrage you inflict on our collective space of agency. Dasuki found his own rationalizers Apostle Sulema...

Dear Prof. Pius Adesanmi, How are you doing sir? And how has work been? I hope you're fine and that you remain fine to continue your examplary but mostly thankless service to fatherland. Indeed you're a mentor to some of us. As you​ might remember, we haven't spoken since the first time you called, upon receiving my mail. I'm still pained that, that conversation was cut short by poor network connection which remains an insurmountable challenge in Nigeria. I'm writing you this time, I'm afraid to wail over the unending nightmare I've had to endure since I entered the University (UniJos) and may I please request that you keep me anonymous if you decide to share this. So much has been said about the falling standard of education in Nigeria but I think we're been unfair when we say that the standard is falling. Truth is, there's no standard and nothing is falling. It's been buried and forgotten. Tertiary education in Nigeria is in a state ...