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Apologies to the leaders of the Bring Back Our Girls advocacy group for the return of the abducted Chibok Girls but I couldn't think of a more complete way to express my disappointment. At the peak of events leading to the Presidential Election of 2015, Nigerians were presented with the option of choosing between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: A Muhammadu Buhari who in his own words was a "Reformed Democrat" and a largely inept and ineffectual Goodluck Jonathan. Frankly, making a choice was torrid: Buhari had the antecedent of being an unrepentant oppressor of Civil Rights during his time as Military Head Of State while Jonathan had an unbeatable record of running the most corrupt Government in modern Nigerian History. Well, we couldn't help but make a choice and take a stand as the days of Lenre Peters were over. Ultimately, we chose to boot out the the Jonathan administration and we took sides with a Buhari who had come with a message of Change: frankly, the p...

When President Buhari took over the reins of power for the fi rst time after three attempts, last year, we knew it wasn't going to be an easy job! Regardless of some impossible expectations we had of him, we were willing to give him a chance! We knew the Country was in critical condition but we expected him to slowly and steadily sanitize the sleeping giant of Africa! We knew that he would be taking over from a President who was described as an ineffectual and clueless buffoon: a Government known for their ineptitude, incompetence and tolerance for thievery! We knew that there was a crisis in the international oil market and that as a result, there was a sharp drop in the revenue accruing to the country's coffers which in turn led to States borrowing to pay salaries. We knew that he was succeeding a Government known for it's notoriety for incompetence, corruption, irresponsibility and sheer waste! We Knew all these! And we were willing to give him time! We didn...

Aye! Another one: Another opportunity And we don't even hesitate to display our madness. As always, we've shown ourselves as a people with utter disregard and disrespect for the law and human dignity. The society we live in sickens me: a society that believes so much in oppressing the helpless at the expense of the powerful. A society that protects her rapists and oppressors but would suppress the helpless and the poor at every opportunity! Most frustratingly, a society with a short term memory: a society that is so quick to forgive and forget her woes. It's either we've all seen it or we will soon see it: the disgusting sight of a human being being burnt to death for "stealing" Garri or whatever. We can condemn it all we want but the truth is that deep down, we have this uncommon obsession with the idea of jungle justice. We are quick to condemn without giving room for the accused party to defend themselves but that is only one part of the story: th...

It's America. The Most Powerful Nation in the modern world! Tomorrow, her people will decide who Governs her. Because of their strength and influence, whatever concerns them has it's own direct or indirect consequences on us! So, as Nigerians, it is not out of place for us to be concerned about who becomes the American President. The race is between two very opposite candidates: Hilary Clinton, the Democratic Party nominee and Donald J Trump, the nominee of The Republican Party. Those who have keenly followed American Politics since the new millennium will hardly be surprised that Hilary Clinton is in the race: this is because of her antecedents: In 2000, she won election to the United States of America Senate, thereby becoming the first former First Lady to occupy such a position: in 2008, she gallantly challenged Barack Obama for the ticket of the Democratic Party, albeit losing: between 2009 and 2012, she served as the United States Secretary of State. So, from all in...

With all these sex tapes especially that of our purported upcoming celebrities just as it happened and still happening in Anambra now, I am moved to say a little. For sometime now, I have not been a fan of  that thing; beauty contest A.K.A modeling. Yes I have not, in fact it disgusts me when a friend tells me she or he is going for beauty contest. To tell you the truth, I have never also been happy even if such person wins. These are my reservations visa viz that matter: 1. That thing is a very big poof, its not as real as they present it. Its when you are one way into it that you can understand the intricacies of its glowing adverts. 2. It is an unnatural sexual ritual, luring participants into it not having the full disclosure of its sexual routine (this is reliable from previous "PARTICIPANTS") it has been shown that each participant who did qualify for the final stage would and must have slept his or her way, yes his or her way(including natural and unnatural sexual r...

Our Wife of The President as he would have us call her has received praise and commendation from the strangest of quarters since she granted that interview to the BBC Hausa Service! She has been praised by very strong elements within the opposition People's Democratic Party that it is even being suggested in some quarters that she would be handed the Presidential ticket of the PDP to contest against her husband in 2019. For me, that's exactly the problem with the interview! She threw her husband to the wolves and they are currently devouring him. She showed tremendous courage in expressing her dissatisfaction with the way her Husband is running the Country. However, it would have been better if another Buharist had criticized the Government this openly. But the question is "Should She have done so"? Folks will say that what she did was the height of female emancipation in Nigeria and indeed anywhere in the world. But then, even in the United States of America,...

Yesterday, the President was at his witless and tactless worst. This time, not in Daura but in faraway Germany where in the company of perhaps, the most powerful woman in the world, he stated that his wife, Aisha belongs to "the kitchen and the other room" in response to a question from a journalist on his views about his wife's exclusive interview to The BBC Hausa Service where she implied that the Buhari administration had been hijacked by some anti progressive forces and that she might not campaign for her husband in the event that he decides to seek reelection in 2019. Overtime, most of the President's comments have been unPresidential which might be a good thing considering that his comments affirm his sincerity but on the other hand, his sincere and often unguided comments expose him to incessant attacks by mischief makers(not necessarily well meaning members of the opposition). Needless to say, the President's remarks yesterday have thrown up emergency f...