A Nigerian Brand…Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi – Prince Charles Dickson PhD
Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, the designer of the Nigeria flag (Green/White/Green), takes a bow from this world. God bless his soul as he rests in peace. I believe in Nigeria. I…
Nigeria: Who is in Charge? – Reuben Abati
A week ago, President Muhammadu Buhari travelled out of the country on a two-week medical vacation. He is expected back in the country next week. As has been the pattern…
Tales From Atiku`s Bedroom
Dino Melaye, the vile, villainous, sinister, ominous, malodrous, malevolent, arse-licking and rectum-sucking spokesman for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council and a man for whom I have nothing but disdain, disgust…
New Naira Notes and All Things New – Reuben Abati
“My own brother!” “What’s up men? Have you gone to deposit all the N200, N500, N1,000 notes that you have at home in the banks so you can exchange them…
Keyamo: A Gutter spine in Designer Wears – Phrank Shaibu
But for the misfortune of knowing the existence of this rural bumpkin, courtesy of the ever-generous Nigerian media which elevates charlatans to superstars, I will die believing it’s infinitely impossible…
The Pastor and Our Political Odyssey: The Genesis – Kingsley Wenenda Wali
Since that mid-day I stepped into his conference room and met with him for a one-on-one, for the first time in our lives, Tonye has come out to me in…
Of National Honours, Politics and Value – Reuben Abati
“For First Time, Buhari Excludes Ex-Senate President, Saraki, from National Honours”. This was how the ThisDay newspaper of October 3, 2022, reported the story of the 2022 National Honours ceremony…
Independence Day and Ponmo Controversy -Reuben Abati
It is a sobering indication of the state of the nation, that as Nigeria prepares to mark the 62nd anniversary of its flag independence on October 1, the dominant discourse…
APC, INEC and 2023 election rigging – By Uzoma Ahamefule
President Buhari Sir, remember that you promised Nigerians free and fair election in 2023, but with the look of things today, Nigerians are no longer sure that the election will…
Who are these obidients?- Femi Fani-Kayode
Let me make this clear from the outset. I am a member of the APC and a supporter of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. This contribution does not in any way derogate…
Shettima: The Ramblings of a Political Neophyte
A cursory glance at recent events in the political and socio-economic life of Nigeria has laid bare, amongst a host of myriad of problems bedeviling our dear nation, how fragile…
How Festus Keyamo Exposed Tinubu on Channels TV
I watched the minister of state for Labour and employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) on Politics today, with Seun Okinbaloye, on Friday, August 6, 2022, and he made several claims, the…
Nigeria: More Universities Where? -Reuben Abati
I stumbled on a story in the Nigerian media which says that the National Assembly is planning to consider no fewer than 63 bills for the creation of new universities,…
2023: Politics Without Ideas – Reuben Abati
I am concerned, but not shocked in any way, that the most prominent reaction to the interview that Arise News conducted last week with the Presidential candidate of the Peoples’…
Nigeria`s complicit, complaisant, and complacent government- Prince Charles Dickson PhD
We know they are lying, They know they are lying, They know we know they are lying, We know they know we know they are lying, But they are still…
A National Project?
At the unveiling of the running mate of the APC presidential candidate, they keep happing on one national project that their team represents. And I ask, what is the content…
Nigeria and The New NNPC – Reuben Abati
This day, July 19 should go down as a special moment in the economic history of Nigeria – the day when the country’s main vehicle for economic survival, the Nigerian…
Soyinka @88 Will Our Children Be Literate?
I know the biggest crime is just to throw up your hands and say “This has nothing to do with me, I just want to live as comfortably as I…
Tinubu And The APC Muslim-Muslim Ticket – Reuben Abati
The ruckus that has been generated by the announcement of former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima as running mate of the Presidential standard bearer of the ruling All Progressives…
2023: Now We Are At The Juncture Again
Following APC Presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu choice of his running mate in Distinguished Senator Kashim Shettima for the 2023 presidential election, it has generated lots of debates and…