They are financial leeches, and they are killing us with their failures.
Let us all be honest, Northern politicians weeping for the South are shedding crocodile tears. Yet, although they are not saints, they are right.
Recent comments from men like Ahmad Sani Yarima, the former governor of Zamfara State, are poignant reminders that addressing constitutional issues alone won’t solve all of the nation’s issues.
Southerners DO indeed feel poorly represented by their leaders. They’d rather not be led by warmongers and narcissists who happen to be championing their cause. But they DO want equity in Nigeria. If that’s not possible, then they want independence. …
Was May 12, 2021, another false dawn?
A glimmer of hope was handed to the South on May 12, 2021, when the region’s governors finally stood together against the threat posed by Fulani herdsmen across the region head-on. Many Nigerians applauded, and indeed, the governors deserved some praise. But perhaps we should also view their actions with some cynicism for now.
The Fulani cattle issue, without any doubt, is a crisis of the likes Nigeria has not faced before. But so far, all it has done is to exacerbate long-standing problems, predating those governors’ rise to power. It will, therefore, not be the straw that breaks the…
For those of you who believe that Nigeria, with its current constitution, still has a future — who, after having read this piece, may question my credentials as a way of dismissing it, let me state the obvious before I proceed.
I was not born in Nigeria, and I am not a politician. I cannot even pretend to have all the facts. Nonetheless, it is my right to speak up because I’m still a Nigerian, and I care as a member of her Diaspora community.
There are many of us around the world. Some of us are renowned academics and…
