Dr. Damages

The meeting at the UN. The parable of the president and the clown.

The Evil Peck of Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR In one of his moments of exaggerated sense of importance, the former Nigeria’s military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, called himself the evil genius. If ever he was, it did not last long. The real evil genius of Nigeria is former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Just look at what he accomplished this week. He launched his book, two days ahead of schedule, despite a court order that asked him not to. In doing so, he knocked his former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, out of contention in the opposition All Progressive Congress(APC) presidential primary. With that single stroke, he also diminished Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan- diminished so much that his own presidential primary and acceptance speech looked like a funeral. And most of all, Obasanjo gave his erstwhile Minister of Education/Solid Minerals, Oby Ezekwesili a peck on the cheek at his book launch. With that single move, Obasanjo set th...

Prof. Ali Mazrui (February 24, 1933 – October 12, 2014) You reached your destination- A thousand miles beyond the boundary. I was a witness. Now, you’ve set forth On a trip across the sacred cloud. Kwaheri, Mazrui arap Mombasa. Sorry, I couldn’t deliver "The Trial of Ali Mazrui" Before the bracket closed. But you can be sure It has set sail Far beyond the bondage Of our triple heritage.