Modern Ghana, January 24, 2012
by Femi Fani- Kayode.
I am sad and troubled for our nation. I just cannot sleep when I consider the amount of innocent blood that has been spilt in the 24 hours before I wrote this piece. Kano, Bayelsa, Bauchi....it goes on and on. So much blood, so much hate, so much division and so much destruction. And at the end of it all, just in the space of one afternoon, Nigeria's second largest city of Kano has been brutally raped and violated and no less than 260 innocent and defenceless Nigerians have been butchered mercilessly in broad daylight and are now lying dead in the mortuary or the cemetery. Many bodies are still lying under the rubble undiscovered and
Modern Ghana, January 4, 2012
by Femi Fani- Kayode.
Yesterday (4th of Jan. 2012) during a specially convened meeting of the Federal Executive Council of the Goodluck Jonathan administration Mrs. Ngozie Okonjo-Iweala, my former cabinet colleague and good friend, threatened to resign from her position as Finance Minister and de-facto Prime Minister and go back to the World Bank from whence she came if the President dared to reverse his policy on the removal of the fuel subsidy and if he decided to re-introduce the subsidy once again.
i have a word for my Islamist friend. Let me put it to you from the outset that you do not in any way represent the great faith of Islam. As a matter of fact I do not believe that islamists and islamic fundamentalists are Muslims at all, just as I don’t believe that Hitler was a christian.
Huhu Online, October 30th, 2011
For those who have been following the case between Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) since year 2008, they would technically appreciate the level of impunity, judicial somersault and highhandedness, down-play of the rule of law and gross injustice which was freely displayed by the anti-graft agent, EFCC and its counsel Mr Festus Keyamo. This case and several other high profile cases in Nigeria have posed lots of worries on concerned Nigerians forcing some of us to lose confidence in the judicial system, because of the ways and manner Fani-Kayode’s alleged money laundering case was handled, a scenario that is purely contrary to the principles of fairness and justice.
"I believe in the establishment of a state with strong christian values and in which even the weakest, the poorest and the most vulnerable are catered for, protected and well-looked after. Some call this ''compassionate conservatism'' but I call it comon sense,
Modern Ghana, September 28, 2011
by Oyetope Olufunke-Felix
'For those that may not know Daniel Wilson, is a fading musician who used to sing love songs back in the early '90's. Sadly today his sweet voice has gone, he is completely jobless and he is desperately trying to get the attention of the government. He is in every respect what is known in political circles as an ''eager prostitute''. He is a tragic figure, a parody of his old self and a fading star who is simply looking for public relevance and who is trying to curry favour with the authorities and the powers that be.
Modern Ghana, September 27, 2011
by Femi Fani-Kayode
''I am not David....I am not a general.....I am not a lion......I will defeat the Goliaths in our land''
- President Goodluck Jonathan.
These are deep and instructive words yet I do wonder whether Mr. President understands the spiritual and practical implications of what he is saying. If he says that he ''is not a David'' how can he then possibly slay the ''Goliaths in the land?'' If he says that he ''is not a general'' how can he be an effective Commander-in-Chief who commands the respect and confidence of his army and his officers?
Leadership, September 26th, 2011
Femi Fani Kayode is a renowned public speaker, former Special Assistant on Public Affairs and Minister of Culture, Tourism and later Aviation in the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Though he was before his appointment an avid critic of the former president, his brilliance endeared him to the Ota chicken farmer who carved roles for him in the vortex of power! One of sad stories of Fani- Kayode’s foray into politics was that he was arrested in July 2008 in connection with alleged misappropriation of a N19.5 billion Aviation Intervention Fund after giving his testimony before the Senate Aviation Committee. His father,
Nigerians Abroad Live, September 21, 2011
By Prince Babajide Babalola.
I would like to respond to the recent inaccurate and irresponsible article, filled with disgust and mental deficiency, published on saharareporters, nigeriavillagesquare and other online magazines by one Pius Adesanmi with the title ‘‘Getting Their Beering Wrong’’. I am particularly disturbed that Saharareporters and others, will post such an article devoid of intellectual objectivity nor intellectual analysis, I doubt if the editor of Saharareporters had the patience to read the whole long piece of “copy and paste” ‘opinion’ before posting it on the webpage for the sane minded readers.
Death is a leveller. I have come to the conclusion that life is far too short for us to waste our time on distractions and on inconsequential issues and people that add no value to our existence.
Point Blank News, September 11, 2011
by Femi Fani-Kayode
The fever that is raging in Nigeria today is "wikileaks". Yet as entertaining as these secret communications are the truth is that if you believe everything that you read in Julian Assange's "leaks" then you will believe anything. I say this based on my own personal experiences. So far I have been fingered twice by them and in both cases I can assure you that the stories were fabrications. They simply never happened.
There has been so much speculation, misinformation and disinformation peddled around about President Olusegun Obasanjo's handling of the power between 1999 and 2007. This contribution is an attempt to set the record straight and to clear the air. The truth is that the numerous problems of the power sector could not be completely solved by President Obasanjo simply due to the sabotage that his government was facing in that sector on a daily basis. And I am glad that Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who served the Obasanjo administration but who is now the Presidential candsidate for the opposition ACN, alluded to that in last night's Presidential debate.