Everything was wrong with France before the revolution: mass discontent, social disequilibrium, political conflicts, excesses of the ruling class and serious economic hardship signposted by the high cost of bread.Nigeria of 2020 is no different from France of 1789. In France, the anger of the…

There is this apocryphal anecdote of the 40-year old who consulted a palmist. “In the first 40 years of your life I see extreme poverty,” the chirologist started out tentatively, as he studied the lines on the man’s palm. His tone of voice made the…

“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.” – Carl Schurz For folks tired of Nigeria, the 2020 Henley Passport Index, which is regarded as “the most rigorous and sophisticated measure of global access,” is…

There is something about the President Muhammadu Buhari government that I just do not understand. For some strange reasons, its principal officers almost always seem to be under some spell to engage the reverse gear each time the administration is expected to press forward to…