Why not change

Preamble… Before Jonathan lost the Election, a lot of well-meaning folks asked why I would board a sinking ship, especially since I was a stern critique of the ship’s occupancy. As usual, the Change! people alleged I was paid to do so; it doesn’t take much sense after all. Some just concluded I was intellectually blind, as Soyinka was alleged to have said. And through… Read more

The Beauty of Democracy

The past eight weeks have seen me defend my President against all odds. I try to see the best in people, that is my flaw; and i have learnt to ignore flaws, since I see them so easily. I have campaigned for Jonathan, not because he is the best, not because he is excellent, and definitely not because I have been paid to do so.… Read more

Of Artists and Scientists

Medicine is both a science and an art: the study of Medicine starts predominantly as science, the Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Biochemistry; continues as a blend of science and art, the Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Pharmacology; and ends predominantly in art, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medicine and Surgery. In the one you are expected to think outside the box, imagine, and explore; in the other,… Read more

Change at ALL cost

At the beginning of such a piece as this, one must of necessity say that in consonance with Coulomb’s Law, I do love certain people in the APC: I love Amosun, contrary to popular trends; I love Fashola, the man deserves to be in Aso Rock; and I like Buhari, despite his diametric past. Yes, even the sage, the Bestower of the Order of Nebu,… Read more

The Hypocrites I know

I have always maintained that the problems of Nigeria go way beyond the Presidency, but Buharists no let us hear word. So, today, i shall throw caution to the wind and share with you a typical class scenario by these same people that want change. I will be hunted for this, but I just cannot care less as I hope you will see classic similarities… Read more

Hero or Villain

Recently I witnessed why we, a great nation in Wonderland; a corrupt nation at heart; and a weakling in reality, continually blaming more serious nations for our inadequacies and military deficiencies, cannot but be right where we are: aimless, voiceless, dying… our legislators collecting exorbitant salaries; our executives looting our treasury, and complicit in the evanescence of our oil; and our Naira falling, in need… Read more