Michael Egbejumi-David

Egbejumi-David writes from the UK.

A Crooked State Of Emergency

Well, I used to think that only the All Progressives Congress (APC) is exploiting and cynically looking to profit from the Boko Haram impasse. ...

Jonathan, Keshi & The Little Things

President Jonathan has meddled in Nigerian football matters before. Then, as at now, it ended in a fiasco. That first time, June 2010, after...

Fayose, Ekiti and the Progressives

Shortly after he was sworn-in as governor last month, Fayose ordered the closure of a petrol station in Ado Ekiti giving a standard made-in-Nigeria...

Aminu Tambuwal: Double Dipping

In Nigeria, nothing sells like unnecessary drama. Aminu Tambuwal who emerged from the clear blue and became the Speaker of the House of Representatives...

Mrs. Patience Jonathan Resigns

Yes; that was how I first saw the headline too late Thursday, 23 October, 2014. Another headline screamed at me, “Wife of President Jonathan...

How the Ebola Virus Got To Nigeria

Now that we got the ‘all clear’ and we have been able to reasonably restrain the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria,...

The Oba of Lagos Confessional

Once in a while, we all feel the need to go into our inner self. This act of introspection can sometimes lead to quite...

Boko Haram: Something Is Not Right

In the early hours of April 14 2014, Boko Haram militants invaded the sleepy little town of Chibok. They made off with about 234...

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