Nduka Obaigbena, owner of Thisday newspaper, is not going to go down in infamy all by himself. He is going to take down with him all of his newspaper-owner friends…
As Muhammadu Buhari ran for the fourth—and decisive—time for the Nigerian Presidency, his handlers cast him as a man purged of the dictatorial tendencies and inflexible disposition that marked his…
If Nigeria, against perceived and preconceived mischievous intentions, could survive the year 2015 unscathed, it is now clear that Nigeria’s disintegration is non-negotiable. The year 2015 experienced a 12 month…
If Nigeria had any serious opposition, the budget speech of President Buhari no matter how good intended held valuable promise for a team of budget egg heads intent on scoring…
Among the 36 Governors in Nigeria one stands out as something of an ‘enigma’, a polarizing puzzling figure in his best nasty element. That one is none other than the…
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” This quote is attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who wrote extensively about the notion and importance of…
For the past several weeks, Nigerians on social media have made a big sport of what we’ve styled “Dasukigate—with an imitative eye to the Richard Nixon-era Watergate. The made-in-Nigeria Dasukigate…
2015 is on its way out, but not without the lingering issue of Biafra’s secession that resonated this year, pushed by those who felt marginalized and alienated in this present…
Anyone who has been reading my articles for many years would testify that I have special respect and admiration for General Muhammadu Buhari now President of the Federal Republic of…
It is rather fortuitous that Igwe Osita Agwuna 111, who for five decades reigned as Eze of the town of Enugwu Ukwu and Igwe of Umunri, was born in December…
Nigerian history is avoidably repetitious. If we the people refuse to learn from the ugly history, we are doomed to repeat it. Men of yesterday are stealthily coming to fore…