Even those with the heart of stone must have been moved by the sympathy inspiring reaction of President Muhammadu Buhari from far away Amman in Jordan early this month to the new wave of banditry in the country.
The president, … Read the rest
On the face of it, this may sound preposterous. Yes it would seem to be paradoxical for love to emanate from this picturesque five-million-people-island country of New Zealand where, on Friday March 19, a white supremacist by name Brenton Harrison … Read the rest
Mahmood Yakubu
With the 2019 general elections substantially behind us, except for the plethora of litigations that may naturally arise, worried Nigerian patriots must now address their minds to what collectively the nation can do to have a more credible, free and … Read the rest
Yakubu Mohammed
Some clarifications are in order. By Buhari’s fan club I’m not by any means referring to those who constitute the power behind the throne – the invisible hands that make things move.
No, not the notorious cabal, real or imaginary, … Read the rest
Yakubu Mohammed
Let us quickly dispose of some current developments, though dramatic but not tangential to the 2019 elections, before proceeding to the matter at hand. One of them is the appointment of Mrs Amina Zakari, a popular INEC commissioner, as the … Read the rest
For now the game looks truly like a storm in a tea cup. I am of course referring to the political storm generated by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the weekend when he asked his Yoruba ethnic group to vote massively … Read the rest
Yakubu Mohammed
Unlike the gladiators of Rome, they are not in the arena to fight one another for public entertainment. For the avoidance of doubt, their mission is not to make the people happy and contented.
No. The Nigerian political gladiators, armed … Read the rest
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