Twenty-two years ago, on June 12, 1993, Nigerians voted for a man to be president in what was supposedly the last electoral act of a transition process that had started a few years earlier. Unfortunately, the mandate was stolen and the elected man wasn’t sworn in as president. In fact, that transition process would drag … Continue reading
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SOME MORE ADO ON WOLE SOYINKA’S “MORONS” | by Ayo Sogunro
“I have just read a statement attributed to me on a news outlet, evidently one of the Internet infestations. My lecture at the Hutchins Centre, Harvard University, was video recorded. Anyone who believes what I am alleged to have said must be a moron – repeat, a moron. — Wole Soyinka My close acquaintance—and one … Continue reading
AND SO, FOLKS, I WENT TO MEET THE PRESIDENT | by Ayo Sogunro
There is something fundamentally wrong with my car. Some two weeks ago, while navigating my way to the Fashola organized “Valentine Dinner with Buhari”, I knocked off my front bumper. This weekend, on my way to “Meet the President” at Victoria Island, Lagos, a piping in my car’s radiator sprung a leak, consequently the car overheated … Continue reading
IT’S NOT A FENCE, SILLY. IT’S A RIGHT! | by Ayo Sogunro
A lot of us Nigerians need lessons in vocabulary development. It has become quite alarming that the word “fencist”, and its variations, is being brandished as a description for Nigerians who—whether from a lack of conviction in the candidates or a sense of personal privacy—do not show direct or open support for any of the … Continue reading
ALL THOSE “BUHARISTS” AND “GEJITES” | by Ayo Sogunro
I get it: plenty of you folks have made a firm commitment to the success of your chosen political candidate. Good for you. But, a number of us are just ordinary Nigerians who are trying to be careful about the next government of the country–hell, some of us may not even make a political decision … Continue reading
