Nobel Laureate Soyinka calls Benue State killings “ethnic cleansing”; state’s...
Funeral procession on May 22 of two Catholic priests and 17 worshippers allegedly killed by Fulani herdsmen in April during a Sunday service. Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has charged...
View ArticleCalls for sale of Nigeria’s Assets remind me of “Mommy, daddy, àb’ólè l’ẹ...
Mommy, daddy, àb’ólè l’ẹ d’ìbò fún? [Mommy, daddy, tabi ole ni ẹ di ibo fun?] “Oh my God, dear daddy and mommy, you’ve voted in thieves!” /“Daddy and Mommy, is it possible that you voted in thieves?...
View ArticleSelling Nigeria’s oil, the refineries, gas … in calls by Dangote, Nigeria’s...
If we do not do it now, generations and generations yet unborn would not forgive us because most of the 300 million people in Nigeria 20 years from now would, in the word of a brother-in-law who is an...
View ArticleHow Nigeria’s Accountant General deceived VP Osinbajo, governors; ₦324...
The amounts looted/stolen/lost in Nigeria keep piling up from almost-daily revelations: missing [recovered] Abacha loot; unremitted oil revenues; billions from “Dasukigate” … Nigeria’s...
View ArticleGimme, gimme: (120 units) 2016 Toyota L/Cruiser, American specs; V8; VXR,...
Where are Nigeria’s so-called progressive APC leaders as their “lawmakers” go on scorched-earth spending rampage? -Tola “If I can turn down N400 million for the presidency that I do not need any new...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW: Issues and Possible Solutions for the Civil Service & Governance...
Book Title: Civil Service and Governance in Nigeria: Issues and Possible Solutions Author: Dr. Goke Adegoroye I would like to congratulate Dr. Goke Adegoroye on the...
View ArticleHow IBB, Obasanjo, Abacha, Shared Nigeria’s Oil Wells – pointblanknews.com
THE THREE AMIGOS whose evil reigns set Nigeria back in more ways than one. Photo: pointblanknews.com Caption: Tola Photo: Point Blank News Read the following which, if it does not make you weep – not...
View ArticleBuhari’s tears are not for an ambition but for Nigeria – Tola Adenle
Being the 5th of essays from the 2011 election cycle period First posted here as above title on April 14, 2011. What a shame that the progressive camp cannot shelve whatever differences they have on...
View ArticleMuhammadu Buhari’s victory finally rids Nigeria of cancer-like PDP – Tola Adenle
Nigeria’s President-Elect Retd. General Muhammadu Buhari As Nigerians continue to rejoice over the hard-earned victory of real democracy, one thing we must keep in mind is how everything came to happen...
View ArticleNIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: It’s retired General Muhammadu Buhari for...
Nigerians in most corners of the country are in wild jubilation as thrice-rejected former army ruler of the country wins in a landslide over the incumbent. Buhari’s message of the APC party that he led...
View ArticleA classroom from the land of humongous petrodollars in 2014! – Tola Adenle
I never use photographs or other materials on this blog unless I know the source but this is one I could not skip. It comes to me from a Sister out in California and it has to be shared with the...
View ArticleWords on Marble: “If we cannot control cholera, God help us if there is Ebola...
Cholera in Nigeria: an update Weir Centre for Africa, July 15, 2014. Reblogged on August 7, 2014 weircentreforafrica: A little over three weeks ago, I posted this article on cholera and towards the...
View Article11 parents of Nigeria’s abducted girls die – Michelle Faul/AP
http://news.yahoo.com/11-parents-nigerias-abducted-girls-die-100808502.html RELATED STORY: Boko Haram moves unopposed in strategic Nigerian town...
View ArticleObit: The eventual repatriation of Alhaji Rilwanu’s body raises a reader’s...
Fatai Bakare Submitted on 2014/07/22 at 2:05 am May his soul rest in peace. Only now that his corpse will cost Nigeria money to bring home. The Bible and the Quran said, this life is vanity. At the end...
View ArticleObit: Rilwan Lukman, Nigeria’s Former Petroleum Minister, Dead – Sahara...
http://saharareporters.com/2014/07/21/rilwan-lukman-nigerias-former-petroleum-minister-dead MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014. 7:50 p.m. [GMT]
View ArticleComments worth sharing: Nigeria to borrow $1 billion to fight Boko Haram –...
http://emotanafricana.com/2014/07/17/6-billion-in-2014-budget-for-security-and-now-jonathan-requests-one-billion-dollar-foreign-bailout-to-battle-boko-haram-sahara-reporters/ Falade, A.G. Says: July...
View Article$6 billion in 2014 Budget for Security, and now Jonathan Requests One Billion...
Today, President Goodluck Jonathan pleaded with the Nigerian legislature for approval to borrow up to $1 billion, to help the military combat the Boko Haram insurgency. The request, delivered via a...
View ArticleMalala tasks [Nigeria's] FG on release of Chibok girls – Nigeria’s Vanguard
Nigeria’s Vanguard By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief, Laide Akinboade & Funmi Olasupo She met the BringBackOurGirls campaigners and five of the girls who had earlier escaped from their captors...
View ArticleNigerian leaders – and the Led – could earn $100 million for their...
A brain switch that may be needed for Nigerian leaders and those they lead. I have often wondered why we Nigerians, the leaders and the led, are like this. I have at many times been involved in...
View ArticleAdewale Maja-Pearce’s Thai Rice and Nigerian Politics”: A rejoinder – Faith...
COMMENTS WORTH SHARING Submitted on 2014/07/09 at 3:31 am It is easy to react cognitively and logically to the Ekiti election without critically appraising the fundamental realities. It would be...
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