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April 26, 2014

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Oby Ezekwesili is perfect to be Nigeria’s first woman President

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Ezekwesili is not just a Nigerian, she’s a special talent, well-educated with experience rooted in reform backgrounds with specialized training, lengthy resumes and increasingly elective experience.…

April 23, 2014

Opinion: Pres. Jonathan should stop this painful tragedy ritual

by Bayo Oluwasanmi In all this carnage, Mr. Jonathan’s signature trademark of insensitivity – “I don’t give a damn” attitude is evident. While the country was smoldering in a mounted…

March 31, 2014

Bayo Oluwasanmi: No to the return of Ayo Fayose, the prodigal son

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Since Fayose won the primaries, I have been trying to use mindfulness as a means of living with an emotional narrative, as opposed to thought based narrative.…

March 23, 2014

Bayo Oluwasanmi: The Lord is here but God is hard to find

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Every wise course of action to pursue is contrasted with a fool’s course of action to avoid. The pastors are rebelling against God and they will end…

March 17, 2014

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Nigeria is a nation of horror show

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Our legislators are not disturbed that the youth are unprepared for the technocracy of modern economy. The young ones are being taught by the example of the…

February 10, 2014

Opinion: Asari Dokubo is a big fat liar

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Only in Nigeria can the type of Dokubo – an anachronistic belligerent with a shrilled tone that’s so mean spirited – with such a limited understanding of…

January 29, 2014

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Jet owning pastors should learn from Cardinal Okojie

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Over the years, Cardinal Okogie has mystified both his critics and admirers of the courage that sustained his heart, and the peace that filled his soul, were…

January 15, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria – Government of cows, for cows & by cows

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Another manipulative method used by Mr. Jonathan to bribe the pastor is through emotional appeal. All too often, when a leader doesn’t have truth and logic on…

January 6, 2014

Bayo Oluwasanmi: The prognosis for Nigeria in 2014 is bad

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Nigerians will continue to live in poverty, hunger, and disease. Greed, filth, and viciousness will be the norm. Ruined cities and towns will compete for a place…

December 23, 2013

Opinion: Emperor Jonathan is my person of the year

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Mr. Jonathan has re-written our political history. He’s the first minority to be elected President of Nigeria. He’s the first PH.D to hold the office. He’s the…

December 16, 2013

Opinion: It’s time for Pastors Adeboye and Kumuyi to stand and speak up

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Like Apostle Paul, who initiated, instigated, encouraged, and fought for the oppressed in the Greco-Roman world, and championed the gospel of freedom, likewise you must NOW respond…

December 10, 2013

Opinion: Mandela’s long walk to freedom – Lesson to African leaders

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Mandela’s 27 years at Robben Island Prison provided the much needed tools of confronting and solving problems: delay gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to the truth, and…

November 13, 2013

Opinion: This is not a joke – Nigeria has said farewell to civilization

by Bayo Oluwasanmi There is nothing new about Nigeria that you’re reading in this piece which you‘ve not read or heard before. The feedback from a month’s sojourn in Nigeria…

September 30, 2013

Opinion: A memo to President Jonathan’s bootlicking cabinet

by Bayo Oluwasanmi That President Jonathan is a weak leader as aptly stated by Olumhense is an understatement. It’s no news therefore that the bootlicking cabinet members of Mr. Jonathan…

September 24, 2013

Opinion: In 2015, history will be written in the streets

by Bayo Oluwasanmi For your information, the history of oppressed people all over the world was written in the streets whereby their blood fertilized the fields of liberty and freedom…

September 9, 2013

Opinion: Gen. Buhari versus Buhari

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Before I’m mauled by angry Buhari apologists and censors and willing agents of secrecy and repression, hear me out. So don’t shoot me yet. At last, the…

August 28, 2013

Opinion: Who is afraid of Dr. Ezekwesili?

by Bayo Oluwasanmi We should salute Dr. Ezekwesili for having the courage and determination and look power in the eye and ask why and how. People power! It is the…

August 20, 2013

Opinion: Memo to Nigeria’s jet pastors – We have cause to be uneasy

by Bayo Oluwasanmi You will agree that many of the so called men of God many a times through their behavior and ungodly acts, have revealed themselves as men of…

August 6, 2013

Opinion: A tale of two nations in America – White, black, equal and hostile

by Bayo Oluwasanmi The era of Jim Crow and the dark days of KKK are progressively creeping back into the fore of American race relations. As a black man in…

July 29, 2013

Opinion: The legacy and legend of Alade Odunewu

by Bayo Oluwasanmi He wrote with energy, a certain adventurism about the times with a sense of the fabric and the rhythms of our community. His writings would crack you…

July 24, 2013

Opinion: Meet Sani Yerima, the libidinous senator

by Bayo Oluwasanmi What type of people do we elect to run the affairs of our country? What do you expect when law breakers are law makers? What happens when…

July 1, 2013

Opinion: The dangerous silence of 160 million Nigerians

by Bayo Oluwasanmi How could small band of thieves in government enslave so many people and exert complete control over the rest 99.9 per cent of the 160 million people? Despite…

June 18, 2013

Opinion: Don’t bury me in a $25,000 gold-plated casket – The sermon Pastor Obadare NEVER delivered

by Bayo Oluwasanmi The best way you can honor me is to promote the truth, shun hypocrisy, worship God in humility, do things in moderation with wisdom and promote the gospel.…

June 12, 2013

Book review: Rumblings of my inner thoughts

by Bayo Oluwasanmi There is more to a poem that meets the eye. Adeboye’s work in Rumblings Of My Inner Thoughts gives great examples of how a writer can use elements such as…

May 29, 2013

Opinion: Mr. President, amnesty for Boko Haram is dead and buried

by Bayo Oluwasanmi A man can be no bigger than the number of people from whom he genuinely cares. If Jonny Nash was the embedded musician to boost morale of…

May 13, 2013

Opinion: Doyin Okupe is selling us poison as wholesome food

by Bayo Oluwasanmi It is an irony that Okupe who is the most qualified Nigerian with pseudo credentials, pseudo character, and pseudo integrity... We may disguise poison by mingling it with…

May 7, 2013

Opinion: Just look at the time!… thirty years after… just look at Nigeria today

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Olumhense has a reverential respect and a personal burden for the poor and the powerless. He pays careful attention to the moral and ethical principles that govern…

April 24, 2013

Opinion: The conspiracy of the corrupt and thoughtless

by Bayo Oluwasanmi The unholy alliance between the legislature and Aso Rock presents a reliable compass for a fragile future. Nigerian politicians are validated by corruption. A system is as…

April 17, 2013

Opinion: A message for all the ‘men of God’ in Nigeria – God is very angry

by Bayo Oluwasanmi You rob the poor rather than enrich them. You fleece the poor rather than feed them. Rather than receive the poor, you reject them. You fight them…

April 10, 2013

Opinion: Sermon on the mount to Nigeria’s wretched of the earth

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Nigerians enjoy the comforts of religious myths because they enjoy extended vacation from evidence and reality. The preachers and pastors have readymade cash cows – Nigerian worshippers.…

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