Sometimes, It Really Gets Confusing Everybody is talking. Some people are shouting. Others are carrying placards and others are burning tires. Some are writing articles. Others are on the TV setting out analysis. At least, one person is dead. Why all the noise? The president says we are hoodlums. The protesters say they are educated … Continue reading
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SO YOU’RE TOO SMART TO PROTEST? I AGREE! | A Social Plea by Ayo Sogunro
The President is Not Better than You Are, or Maybe Not I have a few words for you. After spending about seven hours walking in protest on the long, hot highway from Yaba to Ojota, I went back home cramped and tired. I got to my little kitchen and discovered insufficient cooking gas. There was … Continue reading
THE RELUCTANT CANDIDATE: A CASE FOR JONATHAN | An Anti-Campaign Speech by Ayo Sogunro
PERMIT ME A FEW MINUTES Goodluck Jonathan does not want to be Nigeria’s next President. In fact, he did not aspire to become its current President. Instead, he has been pushed and shoved, pleaded with and threatened, harried and harassed into holding and contesting for a seat in one katzenjammer whirl of a circus show. … Continue reading
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