Armed Forces Remembrance Day

Twelve years ago today, I added speech bubbles to this photo published in one of our National dailies online.  I remembered it today, as we celebrate the Armed Forces Remembrance Day and the 50th anniversary of the first military coup in Nigeria. Coincidentally, President Buhari chose today to order the EFCC to investigate 20 retired and serving officers. Erm… among other things, they were alleged to have made a killing while in office!!!!

Forgetting January 15, 1966

The Assassin's Blueprint

There‘s a flurry of activity in the blacksmith’s shop which has just reopened after 19-year closure. The furnace is in full blast! Thus, let me strike while the “Who-killed-Dele-Giwa?” iron is hot.  Ironically (no pun intended), this cartoon published in 1987, five months after Dele Giwa was killed, suggests how quickly and how long the iron has been left out in the cold!

The End Of An Era

Lai Mohammed enjoys ‘bow-and-go’ screening

The Cable: October 13

….“Ndume Ali, senate leader, moved the motion for‎ Mohammed to take a bow and go.

Godswill Akpabio, senate minority leader, seconded the motion, but not before he had said Mohammed should be allowed to express himself because he was known for propaganda. ‘We are sure that before he leaves here, he will drop at least two propaganda,’  Akpabio said amidst thunderous laughter by members of the chamber.”

Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/lai-mohammed-enjoys-bow-go-screening