By Babatunde Jose Behold, We have made thee a [prophet and, thus, Our] vicegerent on earth: judge, then, between men with justice, and do not follow...
By Babatunde Jose The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny. – Wole Soyinka When the public’s right to know is threatened,...
By Babatunde Jose “O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Apostle, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among...
By Babatunde Jose “No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent” – Abraham Lincoln. In Marxist philosophy, the bourgeoisie is the social...
By Babatunde Jose In the runoff to the campaigns towards the coming elections, there is a compelling need to interrogate some of the raging conceptions and...
By Babatunde Jose In Nigeria, our civil service system has been overtaken by nepotism, lack of merit, incompetence, and complete disregard for critical thinking. The same...
By Babatunde Jose Political sophomores were in the First Republic, learning the art of bribery and election rigging. They graduated in the Military Government of Yakubu...
By Babatunde Jose The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt. Lacking clothes, they go about...
By Babatunde Jose “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell Restructuring has become a ‘hurrah word’, mouthed...
By Babatunde Jose ‘Since independence, our governments have been a matter of few holding the cow for the strongest and most cunning to milk, under those...