Nigeria battles to comprehend the level of corruption among officials of our present Jonathan government as re-highlighted by an award deserving, timely revelation SaharaReporters made, that our Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah had the Ministry purchase two bulletproof BMW’s for 225 million naira from Coscharis for her. But as the news captions pour out over Stella, the air-plane crash record holding aviation minister’s shameless usurping from the Nigerian masses, an equally important focus of our attention and captions should be the Cabal owned Coscharis motors. In actuality, the singular offence of Nigeria’s ministry of Aviation as is, is the diverting... Continue Reading
Many of us have come across the unharnessed ranting of unnamed internet warriors like ‘Akpos1’; anonymous commentators who relentlessly profess tribal and religious hatred. Few of us respond to such banter, but when this sorry defect in human character openly reveals its christened identity, in shock, it is hard and no longer safe to refrain from discussing the plague that affects not just Nigeria, but much of the world. Captain Ore Kingsley has sadly highlighted himself as one of such persons who tests our compassion and corrodes our little remaining sense of security in the humanity of humanity. We can... Continue Reading
As Africans, we need to know that not only must we set our political and economic compass, but also standardize our moral compass. The ‘Gay’ issue is a very important one, and thus, I contribute some input as Nigerians wait for our president to sign the same-sex bill into law. Firstly, there are important items to note on regulations and legislature. It is pertinent we recognize that there is no global union or governing body of thought that has the authority to determine (including via intimidation) what individual states decide on this sensitive religious and cultural issue. On marriage issues,... Continue Reading
This may be the biggest story you have ever read and may ever live to witness. It is straight out of a Robert Ludlum novel. And possibly his best one, yet to be written. It all started on August 21st at about 3 am when there was a sudden burst of information about a major chemical weapons attack in Syria, and patients started streaming into hospitals. We need to rewind a bit. It actually evidently started August 20th, when rebels already started uploading videos of the attack on Youtube, before it had happened. Camera’s and video recorders were handy and... Continue Reading
…but Mansa Abubakari II discovered America – Running from the hills of Guinea and Sierra Leone, we called its upper course, Joliba, “the great river.” Its middle we called Isa Eghirren, and our Hausa people christened the lower stretch that emptied into the sea, Kwara. Oya, it is called by the Yoruba; Orimili, meaning, “great water,” is how the Igbo know it. Isa Ber, “the big river,” the Songhai called it and in Tuareg we call it Egerew Nigerewen, “river of rivers” evidently from which Mungo Park got the inspiration to christen it “Niger.” Permit me to relay this like... Continue Reading
