Iyabo Arinola Ifeoma Awokoya's Blog

  The New Naira Notes and the silly-ninnies You can trust the usual "sad Sams" to be sad and silly as is usual with them. Only God knows who gets the first prize for silliness among them. Past Senator Fellaini, the comedians class captain and many more say that the newness in the new Naira notes is just a change of colour. Yep! That change in colour is the "change" in the Naira. That change of colour is what we need to effect the entire purpose of the policy of a change in the Naira. What did these sad people expect? Did they think the legal tenders which were backed by law in form of the personalities that were depicted on the notes would suddenly change. Did Senator Fellaini expect that his picture would be on the N1000 note? Please, let Nigerian s elf-acclaimed social critics and commentators get a life or at least get better brains. That change in colour which they laugh at laughs back at them. If dem born dem well, make dem go spend their old Naira notes in F e...

Two bonafide Governors from the south east geopolitical zone (one past, the other current) received more than anyone’s fair share of cyberbullying at the hands of Peter Obi’s (himself a former Governor from same zone) adherents.  Honestly, Peter Obi (PO) should be worried about his ‘obidients’ because there is an apparent perfume of unruliness around him that makes him so attractive to people who are just a horde of bullies. I give it to him that he has been able to galvanise all the rightfully and wrongfully disenchanted Nigerians. This he has done! What has worried me and still does is that these supporters could have mobilised and helped to shape PO into a likely future contender if only they themselves had a sense of collective good judgement, passably sound intellect and a true love of Nigeria and the patriotic zeal for sustainable good governance. Why is it impossible to have a discussion with PO’s hordes on issues? Why must everything be a war of words, volley of insults and...

  I have been off the social media for about two months. Many have reached out in private to find out how I have been keeping. To all my friends, frenemies, and unabashed haters, I thank you all and I reassure you that I have been keeping well.  As you are aware, Twitter suspended my account permanently! I had it coming some would say, but I actually could not care less. I had been warned that the axe would soon fall and was ready for it really. I am a stubborn person. I have been stubborn since birth, and I am not about to change in old age. One of the reasons why I have advocated for SM regulation by countries is what is playing out in the world presently. It does not make sense to leave the duty of moderating free speech to the platform that hosts the speakers. You cannot allow a third party to be the sole decider of what can be said or written. Nations of the world have different cultures, norms and ethos and no platform whether they employ citizens of all the nations of t...