On August 29, 2019, I published a column in The Daily Independent with this headline: Are we sinking in debts? I was worried by the federal government easy recourse to foreign debts. Let me begin this two-part series in trying … Read the rest
Bickering is a permanent feature of our national politics. You cannot blame those who bicker. They do so because they feel cheated by the moguls in their parties who decide who gets what, no matter what the rules say.
Bickering … Read the rest
Nothing surprises the people anymore, thanks to poor and indifferent leadership at all levels of government. But surely, Nigerians cannot escape being embarrassed by our political and traditional leaders who speak from both sides of the mouth, elevating deceit into … Read the rest
Sometime last month, Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, mildly shocked us when he declared, rather authoritatively, that 70-80 per cent of his fellow politicians are lunatics, as in raving mad. Being … Read the rest
Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, is not a new face in our national politics. He was a two-term governor of Anambra State; he was Atiku Abubakar’s vice-presidential running mate in 2019. He has thus been … Read the rest
This is the twilight zone of the Buhari administration. And this is the time for the president to engage in mopping up operations to see that the mess he promised to clean up in 2015 has been sufficiently cleaned up … Read the rest
Pupils writing on the floor in a public school in Nigeria
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has raised an issue that appears to have escaped us as we labour to explain to ourselves why our country has sunk to a level of insecurity that begs to be believed in a modern nation. … Read the rest
Dan Agbese
Our records speak for themselves. At periodic intervals, solutions to our national problems flash across the radar. We latch on to it as only Nigerians can. I know of no nation that has done more to find solutions to … 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
Former Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida
Former President Ibrahim Babangida must be relishing his role as the crowned head of our elder statesman.His home in Minna has been turned into a political shrine.
Many of our presidential and governorship aspirants seek his anointing in their quest.… Read the rest
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