My British citizenship and Brexit, by Taju Tijani
Brexit fever got to a dramatic head last Saturday when MPs, in a knife edge tug of war, voted to have it extended. On that day, the global space and ...
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Maina the menace: Rogues chasing a rogue, by Taju Tijani
Where is Abdulrasheed Maina? Can somebody tell him to swim ashore before a dragnet fishes him out? The drama of his disappearance is astonishing. Maina is a popular figure in ...
Yemi Osinbajo: To your tent, O Oduduwa!, by Taju Tijani
Nigerians are watching the unravelling of a fascinating story of political skulduggery in the ongoing saga of Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. What ...
Independence Celebration: 59 years of bloody nightmare, by Taju Tijani
Aaaarggh……….how time flies! Tomorrow October 1st, the global space will be colonised and the yearly ritual of Independence celebration will be in the air. Behind the meaningless red carpet; the ...
Dreadful myth of Ember months, by Taju Tijani
Osu ba ba ba is here and a thick blanket of myth has fallen on the land ushering dreadful panic, morbid fear and travel phobia. Ba ba ba months are ...
Remembering Gani Fawehinmi: 10 years on, by Taju Tijani
Gani was the leader’s leader. He was the man who was quick to step out of line. The man who undertook bold, new things with bottomless energy, innovation, creativity, and ...
Afro-phobia: Defying South Africa, Nigerian geniuses and scammers, by Taju Tijani
Tongues are clattering. Tails are wagging. Adrenalin rage is on the boiling point. A ground swell of rising tide of negative opinion is bitterly working against Nigerians from Andalusia to ...
IPOB: Perpetual war for Biafran homeland, by Taju Tijani
The Indigenous People of Biafra, popularly known as IPOB, is moving away from its fringe habitation in Nigeria and morphing into an international anarchic organization in its aggressive dream for ...
Ekweremadu: Tears and scars from Nuremberg, by Taju Tijani
Predictably, the attack on Ekweremadu has forced a sharp blast of reactions from the rational to the irrational; from the artisans to the intellectuals, from the political class, with its ...
Fulani Fury: Buhari’s radicalised autocracy against Nigerians (1), by Taju Tijani
How are Nigerians savouring the multiple ironies, paradoxes and aberrations that are unravelling under a demagogic and effete despotic President Muhammadu Buhari administration that is daily detonating grenades across Nigeria? ...
Sowore: Facing the bullets of revolution, by Taju Tijani
Nigerians have arrived at a stricture of no going back. The country, according to millions, is overripe for revolution. Out there on the streets, there is a huge sense of ...
Abiola, Babangida, Obasanjo and canonization of June 12, by Taju Tijani
The Bible reveals that a living dog is better than a dead lion. Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola was the lion who died for the flowering of our democratic renewal. ...
Are we cursed in black Africa (2)?, by Taju Tijani
Today, progressive-minded black Africans are paralysed by pessimism. They believe that black Africa's problems go beyond the usual shibboleths of corrupt leadership, mindless brutality, tribalism and broken vision
Are we cursed in black Africa (1), by Taju Tijani
Black Africans derive great joy from their ancient heritage and history and millions are still proudly Africans despite the mayhem and poverty of their resource –rich continent. Black scholars and ...
Atiku, money, tears and social media rats, by Taju Tijani
There has been disquiet, discomfort and a sort of dark cloud over the political landscape of Nigeria from the moment Atiku was declared a loser. A loser he is indeed!!! ...
Pius Adesanmi: Squealers revolt (2), by Taju Tijani
This tributary satirical article is reproduced to demonstrate the near universality of the impact of Pius Adesanmi’s intellect among the social, intellectual, political and cultural classes in Nigeria. This article ...
Pius Adesanmi: Squealers Revolt (1), by Taju Tijani
This article was published on November 6, 2011 on the nigeriavillagesquare.com platform. May Adesanmi's soul rest in peace
Ha! Atiku, you again!, by Taju Tijani
Pundits, political commentators, columnists and studio discussants have all bemoaned the sheer rascality of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) convention in Abuja. ...
CUPP: Coalition of Traitors! Traitors!! Traitors!!!, by Taju Tijani
Perfidious! Perfidious!! Perfidious that is what they are. Political vultures that is what they are! Political prostitutes that is what they are! Political scavengers that is what they are! Political ...
On being Nigerian and hating it, by Taju Tijani
The writer in me began to rear its interrogative head. Talk to her, it began. Don’t talk to her, it cautioned. Relax and chat her later, it reasoned.
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