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Pius Adesanmi: By the way, what is Sanusi doing about Reno Omokri?
by Pius Adesanmi Like his boss, Mr. Omokri’s crisis strategy has been to quietly retire Pastor Wendell Simlin from active public service and wait out the public outcry. Mr. Omokri…
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Pius Adesanmi: The struggle for meaning – Ukraine, Iyaloja and all that jazz
by Pius Adesanmi If you cannot even come together against the local terrorism of an Iyaloja in Lagos, how do you hope to ever rise against the might of the…
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Pius Adesanmi: Dear Sanusi, here are your sins against Nigerians
by Pius Adesanmi 1) You sinned against us during Occupy Nigeria. Such was the level of your vomit-inducing elitism that you didn’t even know that most Nigerians do not power…
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Pius Adesanmi: Dear Chief Anenih, to everything there is a season
by Pius Adesanmi In his advanced age, for instance, Tony Anenih is still doing joro jara joro in the dead of night between Benin and Abuja. This is the…
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Pius Adesanmi: Why you’re no different from churchgoers eating grass in South Africa
by Pius Adesanmi So, I ask myself, why should I continue to swallow Panadol on account of the headache that these folks claim they don’t have? In my Facebook inbox,…
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Pius Adesanmi: On the (purported) slight of Nigeria at Mandela’s funeral
by Pius Adesanmi Perhaps in 2015, you should vote in folks with enough brain power to understand that you cannot buy love and respect with petrobillions? Perhaps you should vote…
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Pius Adesanmi: In memory of Festus Iyayi – Convoys are “Nigeria’s worst postcolonial tragedy”
by Pius Adesanmi President Obama’s convoy comprises his limo, a decoy limo, one or two media buses and a few police outriders on motorcycles. That is the length of the…
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Pius Adesanmi: The sacking of that Ghanaian minister – Implications for Jonathan in one long paragraph
by Pius Adesanmi How does our corruption-tolerating, indecisive, prevaricating, and equivocating friend in Aso Rock sack his pen-robbing Minister of Aviation without appearing to have taken a cue from his…
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Pius Adesanmi: Wish me what you live abroad or get thee behind me, buddy!
by Pius Adesanmi It is this lack of a lived experience of the real thing, of the real deal, that sometimes transforms the Nigerian regular Joe into the most…
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Pius Adesanmi: Boda Nigeria, Bros Naija, and soul things
by Pius Adesanmi Whereas other countries define themselves nationally around a set of transcendental ideas and ideals, we insist on coming together only to carve out our respective portions of…
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Pius Adesanmi: Letter to Nuhu Ribadu
by Pius Adesanmi This is why I must ask you a question I want you to think about very seriously: if things happened the Nigerian way and Okiro and Ibori…
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Tunde Fagbenle: Adesanmi’s parable of the head shower
by Tunde Fagbenle It is a culture where mediocrity is being passed off as acceptable; and the mediocre jumps up to occupy leadership positions the challenges of which he has…
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Pius Adesanmi: The parable of the shower head
by Pius Adesanmi Reno Omokri, the silly fellow in charge of Facebook and Twitter in Aso Rock, would even jump up and tweet silly photos of one or two roads…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: Suntai and the ‘Amunibuni’ syndrome
by Olusegun Adeniyi Crudely interpreted, it means if a goat is blind on the left eye and its owner is blind on the right eye, any discussion of the goat…
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Pius Adesanmi: Do not disturb – Intelligent Nigerians in conversation
by Pius Adesanmi "My brother, you are spot on. We must not allow tribalists to condemn our own. We must not let them obscure his sense of fairness. We must…
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Pius Adesanmi: APC – Memo to a new party
by Pius Adesanmi Why is Tom Ikimi, a former Chairman of the National Republican Convention who subsequently helped General Sani Abacha to rape the potential of Nigeria, so ideologically comfortable…
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Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Nigeria – The death of objectivity and the rise of sentiments (Y! Politico)
by Salihu Tanko Yakasai Why can't one have his views without those that are opposed to it lambasting him with derogatory insults? Why can't we agree to disagree amicably? Why…
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Pius Adesanmi: Tinubu, Buhari, and their social media supporters
by Pius Adesanmi If Buhari’s or Tinubu’s loyalists insult you for asking questions, shrug your shoulders and tell them that insults do not grow on the forehead of the insulted…
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Tunde Fagbenle: For the sake of our children
by Tunde Fagbenle One thing remains clear: nothing will change if the country and her peoples do not do things differently. A couple of columns back I hinted that some…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy