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Nigeria’s Last Hope

| October 1, 2011 | 3 Comments

Fellow Nigerian, Nigeria is 51! It’s been a year already since my last speech, 50 Reasons Nigerians should mourn at 50, and the piece enjoyed a lot of criticism. Sadly, though, my prediction that, “Nigerians who gets to read this will typically shake their heads, say “na wa o” and forget about it all.” turned [...]

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Self-Defense Begins With Common Sense

| September 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

Yesterday Monday morning at about 11am, two ungentle men in mufti walked into our Ilorin office ordering my staff out for no clear reason. They couldn’t even express themselves well enough to tell us they were from Kwara State Bureau of Lands. I insisted that they identify themselves, and they said, “We are from the Government”. [...]

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Eye on Nairaland

| December 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

How often do you wonder about Nigeria situation? How well do you ponder on the way out? Put these on scale and weigh, do they correspond? Do you seem not to get my point? Ok! Pause, ask yourself and think; is the Nigeria I behold the Nigeria I mould – with my deeds and disposition? [...]

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50 Reasons Nigeria Should Mourn at 50

| September 28, 2010 | 17 Comments

My heart bleeds as I write this and I wish someone will read this and not just feel my pains, but also resolve to do his/her best to save our dear country. I hope my grandchild will be able to write about 100 reasons Nigerian should celebrate about at 100. God bless Nigeria!

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