The recent disaster ravaging Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi has been weighing heavily on my mind for more than a week now since it broke. Described as one of the worst tropical storm to affect Africa, Cyclone Idai has caused catastrophic… Read More
Congratulations to my fellow Nigerians on the ‘successful’ completion of the presidential, gubernatorial and houses of assembly elections that has ushered in new leaders for the next four years in the country. Leaders, that we hope would perform better than… Read More
The word corruption has been used in Nigeria in both a loose and all-encompassing sense, as well as a synonym for bribery, fraud, or stealing. Even our President thinks that fighting corruption begins and ends with kickbacks and embezzlement. As I have said in my previous article, corruption is nepotism, cronyism, tribalism, justice denied, poor wages, poor projects implementation, inaccurate billing, poor service provision, voter registration and rigging,… Read More