Nigeria’s rising inequality and Buhari’s social investment program By Johannes Wojuola Depending on the car you are driving, Byazaxhin – home to thousands of lower class workers and hustlers – is a 30 to 40 minutes drive away from Maitama – hub of Abuja’s wealthy and affluent. Extremely bad roads, rusted zincs and side…
The Little Things That Matter By Johannes Tobi Wojuola John Maxwell – You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. My friend hosted a symposium two weeks ago, and she asked me to be the MC. It was a first time request, so I reluctantly agreed. After giving my consent,…
A couple of weeks ago, Welms Thomas, your President buzzed me to invite me to speak at today’s event. He said I could choose a topic of my choice; it was a blank cheque and I loved that opportunity. Because, coincidentally, I was reading Harold Holzier’s book: How Abraham Lincoln ended slavery in America –…
One Year After: President Buhari’s Foreign Trips In Perspective By Johannes Tobi Wojuola It is a year since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office. And within this time frame, he has visited countries in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America. About a week back, he returned from London on yet another foreign visit….
Facts are sacred “Comments are free, but facts are sacred” When U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry spoke at a joint press conference with Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, he lauded President Buhari’s fight against terrorism and his successful efforts in curbing insurgency in Nigeria. He was speaking from facts. Over the last ten months…
I wish I had the most melodious voice, I would write and sing you my best of Katie’s choice. But all I have are my sickly thumbs, That type all my love talks and then go numb. Love is my weakest link. Always the pit I fall to its brink, But happy is this with…
Life in its elegance, in its plethora of beauty, is but an enchantment of the eyes. A pre-destiny of a creator, it is but nought to what we desire it to be. “Sandra ooo” “Sandra oooo” … “This pikin…” I am forced to awake on the chants of my mother’s call every morning; the routine…
Winning the Anti-Graft War It might be jeered at on the tables of the political elitist: that there is no room for morality or cleanliness in politics. Interest is what sets the tide and survival is what pushes the flow. In all affairs, to clinch power, morality and its brothers of similar lingua have only…
“Grain by grain, a loaf; stone by stone a castle”, says a Yugoslavian proverb. Haile Gebrselassie is one of the word’s legends in marathon racing. Usain Bolt is the King of the legends of sprint racing – 100m and 200m dashes. Haile is good at sprint, so also Usain can make a good attempt at…
With the urgent task of resettling the more than two million refugees, mostly women and children on his mind, and at hand, the more urgent one of rebuilding damaged infrastructure such as roads, bridges,clinics, schools as a requirement for their return to their communities, President Buhari leaves for the middle-east on a wee tour of…