“I think I read how Nigeria’s representative at a world body is supposedly running around towards Obasanjo Library being classified as a World Heritage Site. $4 million annual grant is a possibility. What a travesty that would be!  This is the same president who is aware of the classification of Osun Shrine as a World […]

Some months ago when I heard “migrant but desperate” on CNN in describing the situation of illegal aliens in the United States, I mentioned here that I might have to start collecting [a sort of international] “inexactitudes” by non-Nigerian journalists.    For many years, I had a series, “Terminological Inexactitudes” in which I attempted at mirthful […]

It is unbelievable that I would ever be in a position to be defending Chief Awolowo because there were always Awoists by the tons – suddenly, conveniently gone mute – always out there to write flowery words about the man and his vision.  It is now apparent that it was only political expediency and sycophancy […]

In the last several days, a claim by one of Nigeria’s foremost Pentecostal/televagenlists, Pastor Adeboye that he drove between Ore in Ondo State and his house in Lagos – a distance of well over a hundred miles with his auto fuel gauge on ‘reserve’, has generated a lot of news and raised millions of eyebrows.  […]

Elders should emulate Alhaji Ciroma & tell Nigerians about political shenanigans they know before it’s too late The recent developments and revelations have clearly shown that the North, contrary to what many may believe has its fair share of good, God-fearing and honest politicians. The bane of Nigeria from the beginning was religious bigotry. The […]

Credit:  http://www.punchng.com emotanafricana.com’s collection; Credit, Depo Adenle, 2011. AND, The Collapse of Society’s Institutions that would, in other societies, serve as checks: Nigerian pastors, a.k.a. Nigeria’s “men of God” most of whom can best be described – as I started describing them many years back – “men of Nigeria’s god” which is money, are already […]

After a disgraceful and meddlesome appearance at the ECOWAS meeting on Ghana’s recent election at which retired General Obasanjo tried to push his dexterous and manipulative ways on the body, rGO – yes, that’s the short form I came up for him because of the zillions of times I had to type his name in […]

Here are the highlights of the budget for the Presidency for 2013.  The aspect that deals with meals, etcetera flies in the face of what Nigerians are supposed to believe of Dr. Jonathan’s spartan eating style and is irrelevant even if he goes on “white fasting” as the evangelicals would say of a water-only menu […]

[Perhaps with the reopening of the Halliburton scam by President Jonathan, his predecessor''s reported claim of Jonathan being "soft" on corruption will be put to test when Nigerians know how far the reopening and prosecution is allowed to go.  Follow the links below to the story. TOLA]    http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/halliburton-how-millions-of-dollars-bribe-money-were-wired/ http://saharareporters.com/news-page/halliburton-bribery-scam-million-dollar-bribes-were-wired-abdulsalami-abubakar-julius-berg     http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/halliburton-how-millions-of-dollars-bribe-money-were-wired/

[A look back at an essay that is relevant now when the former president, retd. General Obasanjo is strutting - again - as if he did what he should and could have done as ruler (both military & civilian) of Nigeria for over a decade of her 50 years of independence.  TOLA, November 14, 2012.] […]