It’s too early to predict or even to expect that when, next week, campaign for next year’s general elections officially kicks off, we are going to be treated to the usual sparks, fiery speeches with the accoutrements of sound bites … Read the rest
Elizabeth Ochanya was raped by father and son
These horrendous tales of the bizarre plucked from the realm of occultism, it would seem, have lost the potency and the capacity to shock. And the reason is not far-fetched. Nigerians have become inured to the stories of human disasters, … Read the rest
Buhari and Oshiomhole
A lot of pushing back is required from the apparatchiks of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, if it must avoid the coming to pass of the grim prophecy of one of its own.
Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim does not … Read the rest
Kaduna
All said and done, I am not sure that President Muhammadu Buhari will be willing to abandon his sworn commitment to bring to an end the apparently intractable insecurity problems threatening to set the country on fire. In fact, the … Read the rest
Yusuf Mohammed
The year 1986 reminds me of two events. First, the assassination of Dele Giwa and secondly as a football lover, Mexico ‘86 comes to mind because of Diego Maradona’s performance. Although I was born the next year, as someone who … Read the rest
Yakubu Mohammed
President Muhammadu Buhari
If President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Party, APC were to be the captain of a football team battling to score the winning goal before the final whistle, he would be shouting and screaming at his team mates … Read the rest
One of those cruel and dramatic ironies of life is playing out with all the tell-tale signs of foreboding – a surreal spectacle full of anxiety and expectation.
A full-fledged general in the Nigerian Army, according to reports in various … Read the rest
That Kemi Adeosun finally bowed to pressure and resigned as minister of finance last week is not something for her admirers to crow about. She deserves pity but not accolade and perhaps not condemnation.
In Britain, her country of birth … Read the rest
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