FRESH FACTS have emerged indicating that Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in Tuesday’s elections may not be unconnected with the lack of support from a number of Nigerians on Twitter. Divisions in Nigerian political twitter since 2014 have now gone global. According to some arguments on Nigerian political twitter, the Obama government had frustrated efforts by … Continue reading
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MY DEAR PRESIDENT BUHARI, SHAME ON YOU | by Ayo Sogunro
ASK: “WHAT HAS NIGERIA DONE FOR ME?” As I have suspected for a while, the unsolicited trekking I undertook from Yaba to Ojota to protest the 2012 subsidy removal is now just an intensive workout session. President Buhari and his team of economic wanksters have taken a leaf from Jonathan and his team of economic … Continue reading
[Sunday Punch] BUHARI’S ANIMAL FARM AND THE ZERO-SUM GAME | by Ayo Sogunro
“Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?” Once again this argument was unanswerable. Certainly the animals did not want Jones back; if the holding of debates on Sunday mornings was liable to bring him back, then the debates must stop. ― George Orwell, Animal Farm Last week, a presidential aide posted photos of the … Continue reading
[Sunday Punch] REVISITING THE KING’S SPEECH | by Ayo Sogunro
I have followed, with some concern, the conversations and arguments by Nigerians following last week’s publication of President Buhari’s UK interview with the Telegraph. Some Nigerians—particularly migrants confronted with racial realities—are worried about the consequences (and lack of empathy) of the president’s statement, other Nigerians are happy that the president is “saying it as it … Continue reading
GUEST WRITER: ON THE VEXED ISSUE OF THE CHIBOK GIRLS | by ABDULWAHAB OSENI
I used to be one of those who felt that the Jonathan administration failed in its efforts to locate and retrieve the Chibok girls. But before you reach any conclusion based on this statement, let me clarify right away that, with the change in government, my previous certainty has simply given way to confusion on … Continue reading
ON INEFFECTUAL BUFFOONS | by Ayo Sogunro
Nigeria’s social media is not necessarily the brightest platform for intellectual engagement. This may sound like an insult, but it is not. This realisation is why I have, for some time now, been quietly sipping my tea and reserving my opinions on public issues for my barber. Yet, in the last few hours, the latest … Continue reading
SORRY, BUT BUHARI IS NOT FIGHTING CORRUPTION | By Ayo Sogunro
Nigerians have an understandable—if somewhat childish and sometimes nasty—habit of singling out a trait in one of their rulers and examining critical arguments from the perspective of that trait every time. Take the Jonathan administration, for example: when critics raised an issue, Jonathan apologists would direct the argument to “But he is a nice (or … Continue reading
