A President under Siege by His Own People

“If we can learn to be bold enough to restore the value of truth in our society, then we will have justice. Without truth, we cannot have justice” - Jerry Rawlings, ex-President of Ghana

“And without Justice and Truth, we cannot have a Democracy” – my own humble addition.

When the late ex-President Umar Yar’ Adua was in incommunicado and invisible, due to his failing or failed health for many months, probably even dead, and his wife and so-called kitchen cabinet were doing all they could to pull the wool over Nigerians’ eyes, through a risible and even ludicrous combination of subterfuge, criminal fraud, treasury looting, sycophancy, negligence, insensitivity, travesty of democracy and subjugation of the

The Many Havocs Of Dangote Business Empire

I am an admirer of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, MFR, GCON (born 10 April 1957, Kano, Nigeria) who owns the Dangote Group, which has interests in commodities, operating in Nigeria and several other countries in Africa, including Benin, Cameroon, Togo, Ghana, South Africa and Zambia. As of March 2014, Dangote had an estimated net worth of $25 billion USD and is ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 23rd richest person in the world and the richest man in Africa.

And of course, he has provided secured and long term employments for thousands of Nigerians and Africans too.

Corruption Has Caught Up With Us At Last – It is Inevitable

Corruption: Synonyms - Sleaze, dishonesty, exploitation, bribery, fraud, venality, vice.

Many of us think we know what corruption looks or is like – a state governor dipping his dirty fingers in the treasury and amassing ill-gotten wealth; an illicit deal carried out by politician; a government official or civil servant taking a cut in a deal; a policeman on the road harassing drivers, demanding and collecting bribes or a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria collecting bribes to push in a bill on the floor or during oversight functions. Corruption, however, is bigger and closer to home than this.

A test case of Morality and Reality

"Uncle, that your bastard friend you referred me to for a job asked me to sleep with him, if I must get the job!" ranted Vivian. 

"You are rather the biggest fool, lazy idiot", her uncle replied. 

"You expect me to clap for you and go fight my friend for asking you for just a short time on your waist in return for 350k monthly salary job, a car for your official upkeep? How many jobs has your hopeless,