As a young reporter in the early 90s, I grew up in the newsroom hearing the phrase ‘IBB Boys’. These were young soldiers loyal to the former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who ruled Nigeria between August 27, 1985 and August 26, 1993. As a directing staff (lecturer) at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA in…
Fresh reports indicate growing unease within President Bola Tinubu’s political circle, as sources close to the presidency reveal mounting dissatisfaction with Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.Once seen as a loyal protégé and beneficiary of Tinubu’s political machinery, Sanwo-Olu is now reportedly falling out of favor, signaling possible shifts within the ranks of the All Progressives…
Reasonable people borrow for production; we borrow to fund contracts of bloated values! In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Lord Polonius is heard advising Laertes, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend”. Shakespeare is saying here that borrowing does no help; that what it does is to damage the financial…
Are there really women whose main and original ambition was to become second wives? I mean, are there women who never once had a goal of meeting a fine young man whose first wife they want to be? Do some women consciously set out to be second or third wives? Take a look at your…
Tola Adeniyi: Celebrating A Significant Journalist @ 80 By : Martins Oloja Instead of deconstructing the second year of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today, I would like to celebrate one of our own on a thankless and dangerous beat that harbours what even the World Bank Institute once celebrated in a publication as…
Inside Fat Farms Where Young Mauritanian Women are Force-Fed to Gain Weight “In Mauritania, young women are often beaten and force-fed to ensure they gain vast amounts of weight in the short period of time spent at the fat farms”.Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign state in Northwest Africa. Mauritania is…
Exposed! Sen Adaramodu’s evil agenda against Ekiti State, Nigeria State. Typically, one might be inclined to praise and celebrate Senator Adeyemi Adaramodu, the distinguished representative of Ekiti South Senatorial District in the 10th Senate in Abuja.However, a profound love for Ekiti compels this commentary.Unbeknownst to many, the Senator—once a member of the Federal House of…
Lazy husbands are ‘flying’ their wives to Syria to ‘work’. Greedy aunts and shortsighted mothers are pushing their children to go to Libya, Egypt, Mali, Iraq to do jobs that even they do not understand. The terrorism of the Sahel is an attraction for desperate Nigerians. Nigeria is bad. It is not conducive for anything….
Octopuses are considered by biologists to be very crafty, clever, cephalopods, who have multiple brains and three hearts, and can easily manoeuvre their ways around even the most difficult circumstances. These Einsteins of the Deep can be very playful, but you can only underestimate their resourcefulness at your own peril. They can dance in and…
– On the danger of digital thuggery and the ignorance of democratic principlesSome intolerant children of ignorance have recently invaded my Facebook page and direct messages to hurl insults at me. Their offense? That I failed to praise their “god” — the President — in a simple, innocuous piece where I commended the Minister of…
