January 2019

THE ONNOGHEN CONUNDRUM: WHO HAS BEWITCHED NIGERIA?

President Muhammadu Buhari Permit me to begin this contribution with a few comparisons. Consider the following. Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was elected President of Ghana in 2016. His father Edward Akuffo-Addo, was one of Ghana’s “big six” nationalists and elderstatesmen who led and fought for Ghana’s independence from the British in 1957. He was …

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THE CROCODILE TEARS OF JAMA’ATU NASRIL ISLAM

Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto “This is utterly reprehensible and unacceptable, for hooligans and way-wards to hold a whole state (Zamfara) to ransom to no avail. Where is the government? Where are the security agencies? Where are the political, community and religious leaders? Where is our conscience? Where is the humanness in …

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