Their power odyssey points to that English proverb that counsels that the evil men do lives…
Category: Opinions/Columnists
Chimamanda turns the table
The Visit’ reminds me of Adegunju’s home video and also brought to mind Klein. The similarity…
OPINION – Criminals are dissuaded from crime by stripping them of anonymity
Criminals of any grade – pickpockets, armed robbers or kidnappers in the forests – operate because…
OPINION – CBN governor’s sack: O Godwin, how art thou fallen!
O Godwin, with your cheap green tie, fading suit and wry smile you poked your greedy,…
Labour Party disowns comments of House of Reps members-elect praising Tinubu
As individuals, the lawmakers do not have the mandate to speak for the party and therefore…
Before El-Rufai sets the country on fire
The danger in the careless remarks by El-Rufai, is that they are capable of setting the…
Lai Mohammed gets a new appointment
We are honoured to have former minister Lai Mohammed join the firm as our managing partner…
OPINION – No Honeymoon for President ‘BAT’
I actually expected Nigerians to give his administration at least a one-month honeymoon grace period before…
OPINION – When preparation meets leadership, Tinubu happens
The argument for petrol subsidy retention is an emotive one that obviates the filth in the…
OPINION: CBN In The Last Decade
Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN) is very much in bed with politicians and the federal government. The…
OPINION – Now that Renewed Hope is here
I know the Nigerian media is bubbling with a good number of patriots, and as an…
OPINION – Farewell Buhari, but where is Leah Sharibu?
Our out-going President, as I was saying, intelligence received on the status of Leah indicates that…
President Buhari: The end of a disastrous eight years
What evidence do we have that he will be a positive force for Nigeria? Many see…
Goodbye, President Buhari
To cap it all, the 1983 general election which many had waited for to vote out…
De-colonizing the mind of the African Christian
Behind the altar is a massive portrait of Jesus Christ hanging on the cross. The image…
OPINION – The Abuja banana peel…any escape?
Oh yes, again, the other contenders did not win the election (according to INEC) but following…
OPINION – Lamidi Apapa’s missing cap
My cap is here as you can see it. It was not burnt, and the boy…
OPINION – The Naked Judge In Kano
It is a pre-election matter which ought to be filed within 14 days after the primary…
OPINION – Buhari’s last-minute provocations of Tinubu
Buhari appears gripped by a paralyzing fear of being investigated for the unprecedentedly stratospheric corruption his…
The Good in Goodbye
And eight years later, the amen still resonates, and I am leaving happy, thankful, fulfilled. There’s…
The marriage and death of Saint Obi
He moved out of his marital home to a new house to begin the reconstruction of…
OPINION – Hilda and breaking a record
Don’t begin to dream of making it like Hilda. Start dreaming of working as hard as…
OPINION – Will north, the Shrew, bite the APC’s nose?
Tortoise was the last to rush to the scene. He had been engrossed with a customer…
National Assembly leadership and the South East question
A party that registered such impacts in a zone that the current APC-led government has treated…
Churches, other stakeholders should do more to restore lasting peace in the South-East
South-East Governors should collaborate more in the area of information sharing, intelligence gathering and joint efforts…
Why it’s wrong for Tinubu to appoint National Assembly leadership
Staying away from publicly announcing individuals for the various positions could help in avoiding unnecessary ego…
OPINION – May 29 and the limits of desperation
The same group, which hounded the Buhari administration in the past eight years, now want him…
May 29 handover and Buhari’s self-righteousness
Nigerians have never had it so bad. The country overtook India in 2018 as the global…
OPINION – Tinubu, judicial corruption and Madman of Gadarene
Last week in Port-Harcourt, Tinubu woke up the ghost of judicial corruption, an albatross that hovers…
Rising ethnic tension between Hausa and Fulani
In everyday dialogic engagements on social media, in the marketplace, and in the streets, Hausa and…