Klint's

So I claim to be a moralist, but in me is tongue lashing as a virtue. I claim I am a Christian, but mock your imperfections or issue. I see you sag your pants; I know it is wrong, but pretend to feel you. Next I learnt you are in jail, and I am the quickest to cast or judge you. Pretence, that now rains heavy, it has pretty much got intense. I must have misled you upon my confirmation of your soar ventures; it did not just make real sense. We called the Devil a liar, but I still wrote him your death sentence. My mind is filthy and evil, why will I want to refute it? I see you cheat in exams, and I am like HEY BRO YOU CAN MAKE IT. All deception! All was simply for my pleasure. Watched you expelled, it was game over, I promised I was done with the adventure. Well there were several people with issues worse than BRO, and my promise broke beyond fathomable measure. How possible it is to know the truth, but stick to cruel intentions and pocket it like treasure.  I am evil. If only you ...

Papa has always referred to Ikenna as “that small boy”. I would hear the phrase repeated over and over in their evening congregations over fat bottles of beer. They would talk about Ikenna’s new found wealth and lack of respect for elders until their money runs out and no one else calls me to get them beer or cigarettes. They would talk deep into the evening, falling back to kolanuts for respite from their now empty pockets. Then they would disperse each to his own house, with papa coming back to rouse a sleepy house with his shouts for food. It’s not Ikenna’s wealth or lack of courtesy that makes him curious from my perspective, it’s the shape and size of his head, the basic thing my mind runs to whenever I use mama’s grinding stone. It is always funny watching him throw his head back and forth in his emphatic mannerisms, gesticulating here and there about how much transformation he was going to bring about in our town if we vote for him. The ...

The Court is said to be the last hope of the common man. In the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (CFRN 1999), it is the adjudicatory body and also responsible for interpreting and applying laws. It seems however, that in the course of interpreting laws, the courts have turned into law makers themselves. While that is pardonable, it is quite disquieting that the courts have begun to engage in acts that cause a legal confusion rather than explain, in clear terms, what the law is. In the case of Amaechi v INEC (2007) 18 NWLR (Pt. 1065) 98 the court held that Amaechi, who was the rightful candidate if his party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), should be sworn in as governor, although he didn't contest in the election because his name was wrongly substituted by his party. The court's ratiocination was that it was the party (the PDP) that won the election and not the candidate. This judgment raised a lot of controversies as leading jurists such as ...

Just Yesterday, I wrote on my Facebook page that we are all Biafrans, and not a few people saw it as my own endorsement of the Biafran agitation for secession. It was easy for them to draw the conclusion that I had given up on the idea of a United Nigeria. Some expressed their surprise, especially given my earlier disapproval, and sometimes, disgust at the struggle for secession. Well, what they failed to understand is that we have always been Biafrans! By the way, "We are All Biafrans" is the title of a collection of essays by a Social Critic and Activist, Chido Onuma. Before I go on, let me say that the idea of Biafran statehood died far back in 1970, at the end of the Civil war, and it really dawned on us in 2013 with the release of Chinua Achebe 's Civil War Autobiography, "There was A Country ". So, as far as I know, there will never be a country known as Biafra but the struggle for secession and independence by different parts of Nigeria will continu...

This Government is becoming notorious for it's proclivity for technicalities... First, it was last year ending when the President informed the whole world that Nigeria had technically defeated the scourge of Boko Haram. Then, just a few weeks back, the Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun confirmed what we already feared about the Nigerian Economy; according to her, the Nigerian Economy was technically in a recession. Well, it's not news anymore; we feared it would get to this point but what still startles me is her failure to admit the obvious reality that is starring at us. Why go through the stress of telling us that we are technically in a recession when every key indicator points to the fact that we have been experiencing a full blown recession since the turn of the year. Well, enough of my rants; the question is, now that we are in this mess together, how do we get out of it as soon as possible before our economy slides into a depression ? First, let me explain economic r...

Dear Reno, Indeed, you are a great writer; full of words. I enjoy your write ups. Despite leaving power you have continued to contribute your own quota to the development of the Nigerian state. There was this article you wrote that particularly caught my interest. It was tilted, 'Holidaying while Rome burns?'. In that article, you criticised the government for extending the public holiday initially slated for the 5th and 6th of July for the Sallah break by one day. You mentioned the economic impact of holidaying for three days. You said that in calculating the nation's GDP for the 3rd quarter, the three days will contribute negatively. You equally added that, based on your analysis, Nigeria loses 245 billion Naira for everyday we go on public holiday; hence, the extension of the holiday was grossly miscalculated. You stated that other countries do not have so many holidays: America has 10 while UK has 8. Whereas, in Nigeria it is discretionary. In all honesty,...

A few days back, the Nigerian internet scene was literally broken by Olori Wuraola, brand new the wife of the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Adeyeye Ogunwusi over comments made by her, regarding the struggle for 'gender equality '. For those who are not in the know, let me as an aside, inform you that the Ooni of Ife is undoubtedly, the most recent First Class traditional ruler in Nigeria, and I dare say, the most modern King in Nigeria, rivalled only by the Emir of Kano. Having given that rather unsolicited lecture, let me redirect your mind to the essence of this discourse... A few days back, while giving a speech at the Emerging Women's Forum in far away, United States of America, the queen of Ile Ife made what I'd rather refer to as a bold statement when she fearlessly affirmed before an American audience, famed for it's walk and agitation for equality of women to men, that WOMEN can NEVER be equal to men. This was by all standards, a bold statement and...