Seadogs: Arrest MC Oluomo The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) claims to be a noble organisation. NAS’ impacts on society past, present and future will either confirm or dismiss the claim. The reader will however find any sincere denunciation of tribal hatred a noble undertaking. Nevertheless, the denunciations of ethnic bigotry must be consistent, fair…
Ise! Mutiny
Ise! Mutiny Closer to the gift of the mother, Revolution is mutiny further, The movement shall anchor all followers, The mutineer the agent and backer. Misrule so crooked propaganda, The system sent off to expire, Spent patrons in hideouts retire, The lighter of fires is nearer. For the fresher stronger and better, Embracers go on…
Yankius: Stingy & Generous Politics
Yankius: Stingy & Generous Politics Penny Wise: O Yank! How come we don’t hear from you anymore? Don’t you have a candidate you support? I support Obi. Yankius: I am not interested. Penny Wise: In that case I have only one simple question for you. Yankius: Go ahead. Penny Wise: So many commentators even clergymen…
Peter Obi – Obasanjo’s Hope?
Peter Obi – Obasanjo’s Hope? Or Nigeria’s hope? One should ask what does the support of former generals, ethnocultural groups, and other political heavyweights in the land mean for Peter Obi’s campaign? Peter Obi has earned phenomenal popularity through fostering Nigeria’s first popular democratic movement since the 1950s. That was for Nigeria’s Independence from colonial…
Witches in Surgery Ward
Witches in Surgery Ward is a short story of a man who is ambushed in a surgery ward by witches after a successful heart surgery procedure. The three-mile journey from my place within central London to the hospital was mostly along deserted roads. In many decades, it was the most minimal daytime traffic I had…
Economic Sectors – Not Complementary
Economic Sectors – Not Complementary No agreement today, no agreement tomorrow – Fela Kuti Capable societies are those that have enforceable institutions of public value, while incapable societies lack them at national and local levels. Such nations are mainly in the Global North. It is easy to identify nations in the Global South as incapable…
Arsenal Victory Affliction
Arsenal Victory Affliction The dividends of both mass and social media are controversial, especially when we consider them negative. Yes, we have societal problems arising from media. Yet, these are social and psychological problems. The big surprise is media can now give human beings biological problems and serious ones at that. Arsenalosis or Arsenal Victory…
ASUU Demands Are So Simple
ASUU Demands Are So Simple How can a sapiocidal (killers of the most intelligent) government have credibility? The industrial action of the ASUU of 2022 is an unlikely revelation of how much incapacity and insensitivity the Government of Nigeria (GON) hides behind. A government refuses to pay the salaries and benefits of academic staff and…
Pauperising Professors: Pay Them!
Pauperising Professors: Pay Them! What is the Adamu Adamu Syndrome? National disgrace is something the Buhari government neither understands nor cares about. The world is looking with laughter, though. A nation that claims to have the brainiest people on the planet. The latest national disgrace is Nigeria’s professors, lecturers, and researchers working in Nigerian universities…