Corona virus is a law, yet lawless unto itself. As of yesterday it has claimed 183,424 lives worldwide and 28 Nigerians. One of those lives lost was Malam Abba Kyari’s, Chief of Staff to the President. Malam Abba succumbed to complications after contracting and recovering from Corona Virus a week today. Malam Abba Kyari was…
If there is any programme of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration that has enjoyed the most attention, spiced with unfair criticisms – hinged mostly on beer parlour facts – it is the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme (CCT). Once again, as if the pattern is scheduled for every two to three years, it is under the…
From water To ice To water And now vaporized Into gas That cannot be cubed again This cycle, my dear Burns me to pieces
Whenever Seun Oluyemi came into Abuja, he picked me up to join his ‘waka-about’ around town. On every trip, I was always certain to meet a new person, chew on a new meal, or find a new location in the Federal Capital Territory. Seun is like the human heart, he never takes a pause, always…
Happy Mother’s Day – 2020 Thank you for all the years of sacrifice you put to see to it that myself and brothers got a fair deal in life. Thank you for those nights you kept awake, praying for us — even those nights you wept all through because you had no inkling of what…
There is the easy temptation to join the bandwagon of voices that vex at any attempt by government to suggest in any form the regulation of the internet space. It is popular – and the words to criticise come more easily than those that provide a broader outlook to the issue. Governments are scarcely trusted,…
We built a ship Tough and thorough bred We had set out every morning and night To forge a model like Noah’s Ark Big enough to carry five You and I And a pair And another It sat in a pool That had pooled our blood, our tears and wine Now it was wide enough…
Re: Buhari Curious Request on Loot Recovery (Guardian Editorial, 16th October, 2018) This editorial is curious. It maintains a suspicious ambivalence all through. In one breathe it suggests that it decries President Buhari’s plea on the international scene requesting for an international common ground against illicit transfer of our nation’s wealth, in another it suggests…
The Hope of Havilah The six foot river of Havilah flowed through my valley With its hair wrapped courteously like a bundle of natural roses Standing tall – as the majestic palm tree Every strike, perfectly seated in its place With dull resplendence A well dug deep for three decades With water not…
by Johannes Wojuola This legal relationship, forged by the letters of our constitution has been a rocky romance from its coming together again in 1999. Break-ups, cheating, distrust, late nights, bribery, and even padding have been the phrases that we have oft heard of the affair. But this is not uncommon, or unexpected. Different…