Enough of excuses that the legislature is new in Nigeria. If life makes lemon make lemonade Honorable members of the National Assembly. A chicken eats corn, drinks water, swallows pebbles, yet she complains of having no teeth. If she has teeth, would she... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ajayi/na_nigeria.html
The fact that about 50 churches were attacked, destroyed, and looted by Muslim Youths in Ilorin beginning the week ending of December 18, 1999 was very disturbing to me and made me think twice about repatriating myself to Nigeria. URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ajayi/kwara_leaders.html
SHARIA is an Islamic legal system and an Islamic government can only apply it. Nigeria is a sovereign state with a constitution and a President who is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. Whereas the office of the governor was created by the same... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ajayi/sharia.html
We would have loved for our Northern leaders to continue leading Nigeria provided those 36 years were productive to develop nuclear energy, develop space satellites; very good road networks; uninterrupted power supply, sound education as opposed to putting... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ajayi/lessons_from_waku.html
Nigerians would never stop amazing me. President Obasanjo was in Atlanta to dialogue with Nigerians on how to "Build A Greater Nigeria" The conference was marked by academic jingoism, ethnic chauvinism, social maneuvering, During the Friday's session, at... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ajayi/greater_nigeria.html
I disagree with those who classify Nigeria as a country of many nations. Meaning that since the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914, we have not yet understood ourselves, or we are just playing dumb games among ourselves labeling ourselves as Hausa, Igbo, and... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ajayi/lamentation.html
Honorable members, your major challenge is that one of the most striking aspects of Sharia is that Islamic theory does not recognize the possibility of human legislation. In the strict sense, all that a human ruler can do is to make regulations for... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ajayi/senators.html
To resolve the problem, I contend that the Government should distance itself from all religious activities or organization, and that religion should not be a barometer in determining Government positions or promotions. I agree with the recommendation of... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ajayi/sharia_wayout.html
In nutshell, one comes to realize that the three religions do not make much distinction between politics and religion. Even Christianity, which seemed to be aloof from the political process, is getting involved. However, Nigerian experience has indicated... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ajayi/sharia_government.html
Nigerian leaders have measured those of us abroad and realize that we are a bunch of empty shells, and think that we are mentally light. Therefore, they treat us worse than those Nigerians at home. Would you blame them? All that we do is to shout Oloye,... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ajayi/stop_bleeding.html