Ahmed Yahaya Joe

Every picture tells a story. This one tells how a group of Nigerian junior and middle-level officers became service chiefs, senior field commanders, principal staff officers, and national political leaders…

“Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) Being polite is common sense. Ordinary courtesies are therefore one thing,…

“Political Economy regards the proletarian like a horse, he must receive enough to enable him to work. It does not consider him, during the time when he is not working,…

Rubi’s Rojiblancos are back in the Spanish elite division for the first time since 2014–15 Almeria have secured promotion to La Liga after a 2-2 draw with Leganes on Sunday…

“The same people have controlled Nigerian political and military life since 1966. The group of officers that brought Gowon to power in August 1966 formed the foundation of all succeeding…

“After shouts of ‘Power!’, to greet his September 1964 visit to Lagos by his loyal supporters, (the Premier of the North) issued a press statement in which he chided his…

“People who feel weak and powerless are often tempted into outbursts of anger and irrational behavior. A violent temper or outlandish act, volcanic and startling, can create the illusion of…

“Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.” – Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55 Remember back in September 2021 when Dr. Hakeem Baba…

“An Englishman does everything on principle: he fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles.” – George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) It…

Ahmed Yahaya-Joe “Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.” – Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany, 1871-1890 I am not unaware that GEJ’s purported 2023 candidacy…