Tag: Godwin Etakibuebu
-
-
Kano depicts many faces of coronavirus in Nigeria, By Godwin Etakibuebu
KANO STATE DEPICTS MANY FACES OF CORONAVIRUS IN NIGERIA In colourful Kano State, when Coronavirus came to town, it started with the deportation of Almajirais, from the State to many other Northern States, by the discretion of the almighty Executive Governor; a man who knows it all, and who can do it all. This did…
-
Who is the owner of the Nigerian presidency? Godwin Etakibuebu
Sony Okosun; the Ozziddi exponent, might have died young at the age of 61 years, nevertheless he left a formidable legacy in the African music industry. He walked very largely, with gigantic maestro steps of triumph, while he lasted, dishing out his stuff. He was a strategist in the field he chose. He exploited the…
-
Tyranny of Power: Danladi Umar Flies the Kite, By Godwin Etakibuebu
Tyrants are created by many forces; some by nature, some of State’s mechanisms, some by aristocracy of birth, others by despotism while some are satanically made. It doesn’t really matter the instrument of creation, a tyrant remains one: “a cruel and oppressive dictator, any person who exercises power in a cruel way, a ruler who…
-
President Buhari and the hunting ghost of a certificate
By Godwin Etakibuebu The controversy surrounding President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate is gradually moving from “not-too-sweet-taste to extremely-bitter-taste”. That is just one aspect of the drama that can be accommodated. But there is this other side of the episode that is too crucial a pain to bear. And this “other side” is when opprobrium of an…
-
2019: Are we dancing toward the battle of political Armageddon? – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu First, it was the dance steps of Senator Dino Melaye in his well-articulated lyrics of “ajeku iya” that turned the floor of the National Assembly to a Disco or Nightclub sort of a place. Nigerians laughed over it as they saw it as a deserving means of “escaping distress”; given the depression…
-
Political earthquake: It is all for them, nothing for us – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu We sat down apprehensively in the office of the Editor of the National Concord [Daily], Nsikak Essien, evaluating emerging events in Nigerian turbulent political terrain of the time. The atmosphere in the room was actually tense. Ditto the whole country. It was one day [I have forgotten the exact day] in the…
-
APC nationwide congresses: Sign of an impending national calamity – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu At the last count, Eight States of the Federation have drawn up parallel Executives to counter what some people called “authentic Executives” of the ruling All Progressive Congress [APC] during the recently concluded Congresses. One of the most unbelievable States where this happened is Lagos. That some people, albeit members of the…