SOME MORE ADO ON WOLE SOYINKA’S “MORONS” | by Ayo Sogunro

“I have just read a statement attributed to me on a news outlet, evidently one of the Internet infestations. My lecture at the Hutchins Centre, Harvard University, was video recorded. Anyone who believes what I am alleged to have…

BUHARI POTTER AND THE LABYRINTH OF POLITICS

Hey, do you know who I dislike? General Muhammad Buhari — -the Nigerian military Head of State who, while in office, churned out dick move after dick move until he became widely acknowledged as a generally certified asshole.

ON MURDERED BISHOPS, OBA AKIOLU OF LAGOS, ETC, ETC | by Ayo Sogunro

In the year 1170, the king of England, Henry II, was getting some flak from one Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop had been very upset that the king had blindsided him at a political event…

ON STUPID LAWS AND CLEVER LEGISLATORS | by Ayo Sogunro

ON PRESIDENT BUHARI AND THESE “100 DAYS” OF SOLITUDE | by Ayo Sogunro

POST-ELECTION BLUES

1. Quite frankly, the recently concluded presidential election was a tad too close. In a country of some 170 million folks, this means the vote could easily have swung the other way with a few million, more or less, votes. It would, therefore, be hasty to conclude that the 2015 presidential…

ALL THOSE “BUHARISTS” AND “GEJITES” | by Ayo Sogunro

I get it: plenty of you folks have made a firm commitment to the success of your chosen political candidate. Good for you.

But, a number of us are just ordinary Nigerians who are trying to be careful about the…

HERE’S FOR THOSE WHO THINK APC IS REALLY UNHAPPY WITH THE MILITARY | by Ayo Sogunro

In February 2013, soldiers were deployed to supress a protest by students of the Nasarawa State University. Not surprisingly, there were provocations and reactions. At the end of the…

ON JUNE 12: IN CASE YOU NEED A REMINDER (REALLY?) | by Ayo Sogunro