A part of public discourse is the right of a rejoinder. Without that, there cannot be civilized discourse that can guarantee peaceful co-existence. A rejoinder, in this regard, can be described as an answer or response to an opinion or question. In what may be regarded as a rejoinder to [...]
A Yoruba adage says isale oro legbin which rendition in English is best captured by a philosophical statement credited to Mario Puzo that “behind every big fortune, there is a crime”. It is easy and gratifying to envy those who, in the Nigerian street lingo, “have made it big”. The big [...]
On the 16th day of April 2020, at the height of misgovernance during the immediate past administration of General Muhammadu Buhari, I issued a warning about the impending danger looming over our nation. For the benefit of those who might have missed that edition, I will begin by revisiting the introduction: [...]
Nigeria is a country with a complex structure of ethnicity that may never allow integration, unity or development. The way certain vested interests in Nigeria advocate and advance their cases based on their places of ethnic origin could be mind-boggling and constitute a question mark on our education and civilization. I [...]