The bells are tolling, signalling the end of one era and the beginning of a new era. On May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari will become history and Bola Ahmed Tinubu will become history in the making. The change is consistent … Read the rest
On April 4, Donald Trump, the immediate past president of the United States, knew what the common criminal in his country knew long ago – you do not trifle with the law because it will get you, rich or poor, … Read the rest
Let me begin this piece with the obvious. These are trying times for our country. Tensions are rising and heating up the polity. Transitional general elections such as the current general elections usually throw up new challenges that a country … Read the rest
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers is said to be celebrating Dr Iyorchia Ayu’s ouster as the national chairman of PDP through a vote of no confidence passed on him by the party leaders. No one expected Wike to do anything … Read the rest
Former President Donald Trump did not invent fake news. He appropriated it, exploited it and weaponized it. He defined fake news in purely utilitarian Trumpian interests to separate enemies from friends in the news media.
Journalists and their media that … Read the rest
This is the interregnum, the period between an out-going administration and its in-coming successor when there is usually a feeling of both hollowness and animated anticipation. It is not an idle period. This is the period during which we listen … Read the rest
The trouble with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is that he sees, he talks, and he ruffles feathers. He does not care whose feathers are ruffled or which self-preening peacock he has reduced to an ordinary cock with the stroke of his … Read the rest
One of my primary school teachers was fond of saying, do as I say, not as I do. I recall it because it seems to me that what was perhaps a simple, jocular, statement by him has become the beloved … Read the rest
It would be uncharitable to suggest that successive Nigerian leaders have spoken from both sides of the mouth in tackling corruption in the land. Dem don try. It would be naïve, of course, for anyone to suggest that the longest … Read the rest
We can now address the question raised in the first part of this two-part piece, to wit, are we sinking in debts? Affirmative, if you believe the World Bank, IMF, and the other experts.
Negative, if you believe President Buhari’s … Read the rest
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