Taju Tijani
Tijani lives in London.
Articles by this Author
A Contrarian Confronts Jonathan (1)
- By Taju Tijani
- Published 03/2/2010
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Jonathan Goodluck's success hinges on truncating the socially deformed policies of Yar' Adua which have become social nuisance across the political and social realm. Can Jonathan morph from a conservative, no-rock-the-boat, loyal PDPer to a bellicose, reforming, rebellious, proletarianised Acting President without a thorough and perceptive elucidation of the strange, new direction?
Anyone for Christmas Chestnuts?
- By Taju Tijani
- Published 12/21/2009
- Religion & Philosophy
- Unrated
Shorn of its grisly spiritual sentiment, the celebration of Xmas has been an occasion to pamper our kids with all things merry: Xmas dress, shoes, bags, watches, books, DVDs, toys, Computer games and bicycles…
Messy Democracy
- By Taju Tijani
- Published 12/8/2009
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
The prevailing cliché at the moment is the silly projection that Yar’ Adua will still rule this country for another 5 years. I have been tempted to see that dream as a dreadful, fabulous, sweeping illusion...
Zik, High Priests and Curses
- By Taju Tijani
- Published 12/1/2009
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Rather than see Okadigbo's ugly sidekick as an acid humour or at worst, a benign blether from an ambitious political office jobber, Zik saw a chilling Kafkaesque aberration in the insult. Rather than dignifying the insult with reasoned rebuttal, Zik sought supernatural settlement…
Abuja Cipher and Naked Tribalism
- By Taju Tijani
- Published 11/25/2009
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
In the Nigerian netherworld of blinkered vision, all of us look but few of us see. Our rulers, no, Northern rulers especially, have acclimated and conditioned our flaccid reflex to accept some level of socially skewed tribalism. And because they go unchallenged, this insult morph into malignant and incurable tribal vectors threatening the very foundation and sustenance of our ongoing democratic experiment...
Tompolo: A Tacky, Tadpole Militant
- By Taju Tijani
- Published 11/17/2009
- Nigeria Matters
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With the mass, historic and hysterical surrender of the Boy’s Scout fighters along the Niger Creeks, it becomes obvious that the causal nexus of militancy has been defeated. What a sorry sight to see a rag tag multitude of untrained ‘freedom fighters’ hurry to surrender...
Jordan: The £30million Boobs
- By Taju Tijani
- Published 06/2/2009
- Miscellaneous
- Unrated
Katie Price, iconically known as Jordan, always presents me with a moral dilemma. Is it really chic to flash your chesty asset in people's faces and live and be proud of the proceeds of such shameless perversion?
Grammarians at 150: Celebrate With Us
- By Taju Tijani
- Published 05/30/2009
- Education
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My domain at CMS Grammar School, the library, was meant to be a place of dead silence, serious study and academic enquiry. But the arrogant, spoilt-brat children of Army Generals, captains of industry, Judges, MDs, Perm Secs, Ministers, Intellectuals and famous doctors will prove to be confrontational, rascals, rude and uncontrollable…
Where Are Black British Millionaires?
- By Taju Tijani
- Published 05/26/2009
- Life Abroad
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Intellectual and business routes to fame and fortune are no longer popular among black kids. They all want to be footballers and live an outlandishly, illiterate lifestyle of Ferrari, white girls, mansions, champagne, drugs, all, mortal destroyers of black man’s wealth in the West...
Nigerian Democracy is Dead!
- By Taju Tijani
- Published 05/20/2009
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
It is time to view Nigeria as it really is. Far from demonstrating any robust gains from our democracy, we have, on the contrary, reaped broken hope, stalled vision, economic disarray, empty rhetoric and comatose nation building projects...
