Kicking the can down the road is government art. Once politicians maneuver themselves into office, they govern by repeating the promises they made and hope that problems would go away. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. For six years we’ve been trying to find an electoral law that works for voters. It doesn’t appear that we’re nearer a solution today than when we first started. At that time, President Goodluck Jonathan had one foot out the door, but his government being perhaps the most tech-savvy in Nigeria’s modern history, was quite open to changes that would accommodate greater use of…

There is no doubt that there is tension in the polity. Much of the tension derives from the reluctance or outright failure of the federal government to accede to the clamour for restructuring. If there was any hope left that the polity could be restructured soon, it was dashed few weeks ago, when President Muhammadu Buhari declared that there is nothing to restructure. But that is like a complete reversal of the disposition of the government. The APC-led federal government had set up the Restructuring committee headed by the Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The committee submitted its report on…

Not a few weddings had been aborted hours to solemnization as a result of vengeful or hurtful reactions by aggrieved partners over alleged acts of betrayal, unfaithfulness or due to ominous signs of impending disaster if the relationship is consummated. The gory experience has landed many jilted lovers in psychiatric hospitals while strong and resilient ones slid into depression and melancholy. They become moody, self-isolate and sickly. It is a harrowing and bitter experience anyone could suffer as a result of failed relationship. It is shattering because hopes, expectations and firm faith in the emerging future suddenly vamoosed into the…

Merriment apart, the Muslim feasts of Ramadan and Eid-il-Kabir have important lessons to teach all faithful. Pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina is one of the five pillars of Islam; Eid-il-Kabir or “Ileya” (Let’s return home) as the Yoruba call it, is when a ram is slaughtered or sacrificed by Muslims to mark the climax of the celebrations. This is symbolic. Abraham is generally accepted as the father/originator of two of the world’s most widespread and accepted religions of Christianity and Islam. There are many other religions, such as Hinduism, Bhuddhism, Judaism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Shinto, Baha’I Faith,…