These are dangerous and incendiary words which betray the sheer ignorance, utter depravity, moral degeneracy, intellectual bankruptcy, reprobate disposition and diseased mind of the village kaffir from Jigawa State that has spoken them.
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Let me quickly add that virtually all of us who are followers of these political actors are enmeshed in this act with slight modifications or what Nigerians refer to as “packaging”. Do not get me wrong: there is nothing wrong in having a figure as a political role model, hero or leader.
On the surface of it, it shouldn’t really have mattered because the then 45-year-old engineer was not the first person to cross from the corporate world into what is now generally referred to as the murky water of the Nigerian politics. The significance of that sole declaration was the fact that a few years before then, Daniel had been listed among top 50 young Nigeria businessmen of note to straddle the corporate world in the years to come.
However, my voiced response was to play the “teacher on teacher” by calmly asking my telephone friend whether he meant the birth of Karl Marx or his death. He also calmly replied that Marx was born on May 5,1818. “Hence, May 5, 2018 makes it 200 years,” he said.
The only objective the so-called Hate speech legislation being remotely sponsored by the Presidency is to further strengthen the growing dictatorship and cruel tyranny of the Buhari administration. The Military Constitution, which was forced down our throats by the Abdulsalami Abubakar junta already has built-in mechanisms for unprecedented dictatorship and over centralization of the government at the centre that will now go for the kill in the hands of an unrepentant dictator of power hungry Buhari.
How a government whose single greatest promise was to fight corruption has been enmeshed in a fruitless argument over whether or not it is more corrupt than its predecessor is one of the most embarrassing legacies of the Buhari administration
Recently, Bill Gates looked at Nigeria’s development plan and passed a vote of no confidence in its ability to lift the country out of poverty and ensure economic prosperity for the vast majority of Nigerians. In his address to the expanded National Economic Council, the former world’s richest man pointed out critical areas in need of improvement in Nigeria’s development plan. He said: “The Nigerian government’s economic recovery and growth plan identify investing in our people as one of three strategic objectives. But the execution priorities don’t fully reflect people’s needs, prioritising physical capital over human capital. People without roads, ports, and factories can’t flourish. And roads, ports and factories without skilled workers to build and manage them can’t sustain an economy.”
This is why the lies of two ministers over claim that Thailand is shutting down most of its rice milling plants because of the brazen lie that tremendous local rice production is responsible.
It is time for all southern traditional and political leaders to rise and hold a Southern and Middle Belt meeting on restructuring immediately. A communique from such a strategic meeting should aim to: boycott elections for the ethnic groups in the Middle Belt and the South; demand restructuring along the six geopolitical zonal lines
This is the underlying principle of a parliamentary system of government, and even in other forms of government including a Presidential system, the opposition provides checks and balances, it is a kind of alternative government, a counterweight, providing such balance that could safeguard the integrity of the political process.
Look, taking advantage of self-defence is truly the emergency fate of Nigerians who will not allow government’s recklessness and the failure of security agents to be neutral to terminate their precious lives
The biggest concession made so far is the release of Hussaini Maitangaran, who spearheaded several deadly attacks in Kano, including Central Mosque attack, which killed more than 1,000 people. He was arrested by the DSS on 31th August 2017. The release was part of Dapchi school girls swap deal
We also earnestly appeal to our amiable Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in particular to strongly prevail on the authorities of Neighborhood Safety Corps, headed by retired Deputy Inspector General of Police Israel Ajao, to look into the plight of these affected Corps Officers and as a matter of urgency credit their accounts with the unpaid salaries latest first week in April
Aside from the shortage of personnel caused by such indiscriminate deployments, some of the policemen that should have been distinguished men and women have been turned into servitude. What we see is usually photographs on social media, showing police officers carrying bags for wives of politicians and officers holding umbrellas over foreigners by shielding them from the sun
However, Buhari’s agenda in his Lagos visit was to woo the wearied Yoruba all over again through Tinubu to his wobbly administration that has thoroughly marginalised this very powerful tribe
Our best attitude on this Easter day should be one of deep reflection, not only of the brutality of his death but also the joy and the triumph of our faith through his resurrection
For goodness sake what is the apology for? Is it the great achievements of President Olusegun Obasanjo or the commendable strides of President Goodluck Jonathan?
The recent comment by Bill Gates at the expanded National Economic Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja gave a trampoline for the opposition parties to raise their value in the political space by enriching the developmental debate with their findings on the government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.
Fashola, an arguable super performer who raised the bar of service delivery in governance in Nigeria, watched the event from his seat at the second row designated for ministers. But Fashola didn’t belong to the second row at such an historic event
Part of what is causing all the hoopla is a simple and straightforward story that every decent human being can easily understand.