We have spent so much time, with rolled up sleeves throwing punches at the elitist class over poor leadership and devastated economy, while electorates have escaped critical lens of analysts. Ordinary voting public have always assumed the posture of innocent, hapless victims, it is often concluded they have been made poor by politicians to be used only for their vote value. The truth, which is bitter is that electorates have refused to see the bigger picture beyond the mouthful of food in exchange for printing their thumbs on ballots for a politician or political party. Electorates are yet to realize…

New nomenclatures have come into the national political lexicon since the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as president of Nigeria. Two that come to mind here are Buharimaniacs and Buharideens. There are other variants of these but they largely refer to the same set of people; those whose job is to insult, disparage and malign anyone who dares criticise the president and his policies.It is a waste of time trying to educate these fanatics that it is the occupational hazard of a president to be criticised in a democracy. They were loud in criticising Goodluck Jonathan as president to the point…

I’ve long admired Elon Musk as a technological visionary. But I worry about his sense of responsibility to the public.Last week, Musk announced on Twitter that he intended to turn Telsa, the electric-car maker he founded, into a private company. He said the funding was “secured” —a claim that sent Telsa stock skyrocketing—yet produced no evidence the money was nailed down.There are laws against corporate officials making these sorts of untethered claims, because if untrue, they could hurt lots of innocent bystanders—including unwary investors and employees. Does Musk’s behavior remind you of any other powerful person who also makes unfounded…

“Baba is back, we thank God” “You have started your mischief again. Baba said he will be back in two weeks, and he is back, so what is special about that?” “You know sometimes when the President goes to London like that, we may then be told that his doctors have advised that he should spend another week or more. But we thank God this time oh.” “There is no way the President will spend Eid-el-Kabir outside Nigeria. Allah be praised! Did you not see how many people trooped out in Abuja to welcome him? I liked that.” “I didn’t…