Ola Animashaun
A lawyer, a connoisseur of common sense and right judgement, Mr Animashaun is our able LAW. None is safe from his moral or legal compass!
In Nigeria – A Leadership That Consumes Citizens by Ola Animashaun
The Buhari administration came to power in May 2015. Before the 2015 general elections, Buhari had contested the presidency three times, before being fourth time lucky. Buhari had also been a military head of...
Badoo boys throw my Ikorodu into hullabaloo
I well remember the Ikorodu of my youth - of plantains fried in red oil and wrapped with leaves, of akaraoka and mashed beans, of goats playing on crumbling alapa (mud) walls, of roasted...
Power for grabs as President Buhari remains absent
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari left Nigeria in early May for medical treatment in the United Kingdom. Since his departure, Nigerians and majority of people at the helms of affairs have not heard from him....
Donald Trump and the Promise of Change
The Promise of Change: Many are still stunned around the world at the outcome of American presidential elections. Against all odds, the impossible became improbable and the improbable became a surreal reality, with many...
On the DSS and the abduction of Nigeria’s supreme court justices
It is now crystal clear that we are living under the jackboots. They were abducted in Gestapo like manner, like fugitives hiding from the law. Not even under Abacha were things done this brazenly....
Musings on Nigeria’s electoral system
If anybody tells you votes count in Nigeria, believe it the same way you'll believe being told fish fall from the sky. Every four years or thereabout, Nigerians go through the ritual of elections...
The North: Nigeria’s major rent seekers
"Even more disturbing, one might have thought that an abundance of resources could be used to help the poor, to ensure access to education and health care for all. Taxing work and savings can...
In this time of turmoil and violence, remember #NigerianLivesShouldMatter too
While commiserating with blacks in America who at best live 'half a life', with high possibility of being shot dead by white cops for selling CDs or a 'busted' tail light or for even...
EFCC have legal right to proceed against president, governors
The EFCC Fayose drama: there is a current controversy raging as to whether the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has powers under the Act establishing it to freeze the personal bank accounts of...
Without rights in my country Nigeria
Why is it that our retired army generals, especially those who fought in the civil war, always have a sense of entitlement towards Nigeria? They more or less see Nigeria as an estate that...
