Mum and Dad Give Love, Mine Didn’t

Unlike sometimes when there is dearth of events in a clime, Nigerian journalists, last week, had their hands full. There was Nigeria’s victory at AFCON in South Africa after 19 years. On air was intended resignation of the highest moral authority on earth, Pope Benedict XVI. These did not detract the folly of a grandiose budget proposal of FCT where Read more

Ten Million Phones For Farmers- A Joke Carried Too Far

Nigerian government knows how to amuse people with its many comedian politicians. We see them daily in policies they formulate. The latest comedian is the Minister of Agriculture with his comment winning debut joke titled ‘10 Million cell phone for farmers’. According to Yoruba born clown, the Federal Government has a plan to distribute 10 million cell phones to farmers Read more

Come Again Labaran

Let your love for the masses never turn you hatred for the leaders; for both the led and the leaders are in need of God’s salvation. Truth is not when we keep toeing a particular line of thought that satisfies one group to the discomfort of another. Fairness invites us to be sincere with facts even when those facts contradict Read more

Away With Local Government System In Nigeria

The local government system in Nigeria, a colonial heritage, enjoys the favour of Section 7 of 1999 Constitution as third tier of government. The system was conceived with a mindset that rural development ought to be the concern of every responsible and responsive political system since development does not make sense if it does not positively affect the lives of Read more

See Izzi Unuphu Weep

Cruelty is surely not the only story that can be told of government. Government has noble sides which often amaze us when virtually it responds to disasters; when it cares for the widows and less privileged and the likes of such kangaroo arrangements deliberately fashioned to deceive the gullible and hopeless masses. Then it seems that its generosity knows no Read more