“No revolution is the fault of the people but the fault of the government.”Johann Goethe, 1749-1832, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ. A revolution is underway in the Northern states of Nigeria. The downtrodden constituting...
“Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind: And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” John Donne, 1571-1631 Those living in extreme poverty...
“We have met the enemy and they are our own people.” Oliver Perry, 1785-1819. As we are about to conclude another phase in our history as a nation with the elections this year, one...
“They came forth to war, but, they always fell.” James Macpherson, 1736-1796. James Macpherson was the father of Sir John Macpherson, a former Governor-General of Nigeria, who handed the baton of office to Sir...
In 2011, a young man, now eight years older asked me point blank for which candidate I would advise that he and his mother should vote. Until then, I had written nothing less than...