Opinion

It was not a triumphal entry. It was not designed to be. It was just a duly and legitimately elected President visiting a part of the territory he presides over. President Muhammadu Buhari’s working visit to Owerri, Imo State on Tuesday,…

Let me state from the outset that this is not a media trial of the case before the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal. Far from it. This is just an attempt to "synchronise" what I said recently with respect to the outcome of the July 16…

I admire and respect the energy and passion of the Obidients and like I said in an earlier write-up titled "Who Are These Obidients?", I believe that they wish to effect a social and political revolution which those of us in the larger…

The terror suspect Tukur Mamu is an aide and a very close confidante of Sheik Ahmad Gumi. He is part of his inner circle and probably the closest person to him. Both he and Gumi are associates of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the…

Have you keenly followed updates on the security situation in the country, particularly with regards to insurgency and banditry? You should, because security is everything. At least, when the evildoers seemed to predominate, people didn’t…

I've been reading the education minister's press statements and media interviews regarding the ongoing ASUU strike, and I've been exhausted beyond description. He obviously has no plans to end the strike. Now, I'm actually thinking…

I have known Kashim Shettima, the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, since 2001 when he was still a banker. He joined politics formally in 2007. As a commissioner in Borno State, he served in about four…

Unless you are the discerning type, listening to public discourse today, you would think the only thing happening in the country is insecurity. Yes, Nigeria has battled, and is still battling grave security issues. But it will win. As…

The Nigerian Association of University Teachers was established in 1965 and included the following, Universities of Ibadan, Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello, Ife and Lagos.This NAUT subsequently grew into Academic Staff Union of Universities, that is…

It is true that the hallmark of great men is how they effortlessly impact the lives of people they meet, in extraordinary ways. I am one of those impacted by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah.  As such, it is an incredible honour for me to pay…

In just two days of the announcement, over 300 people stormed and filled the hall for the event. When I heard about it, I quickly checked my work calendar and prioritised my work to make sure I got there on time. I thought I made a huge…

When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground, says Amadou Hampate Ba, Malian writer, historian, and ethnologist (1901-1991). And so it was with frontline journalist, essayist and image maker of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB)…

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 from that and my analysis is more of an academic and intellectual exercise than…

On Thursday, Education Minister Adamu Adamu told news reporters that the federal government had resolved all outstanding disputes with ASUU and that the federal government’s insistence on withholding the salaries of lecturers for the period…

The common, and perhaps, popular narrative for political, baleful and pernicious reasons, is for people to say that the Muhammadu Buhari administration has run down the economy of the country completely since its advent in 2015. The fact…

Like the breaking of every phantasmagoria, the futility of chasing a will-o-the-wisp soon becomes clear. It may take a while, but even the fog of illusion gives way for common sense when the blistering light of reality hits. The Peter…

I have in the past stumbled across several publications in the media that questioned the leadership approach of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, over his collaboration with the Executive arm of government, but none has attracted my…

Dan Ulasi is a good friend and long time associate of mine. For a long period he remained the closest political ally of mine accross the Niger. A brillant and politically sauve and very knowledgeable politician with much credibility.…

*Lessons From Hassan Usman, Freed Train Abductee To be troubled in trouble is to have your trouble doubled, so goes a saying. And for Hassan Usman, a lawyer, it didn’t just rain on March 28, this year, it poured. He was not only onboard…

A few days ago, I filled out an online form with my 5-year-old daughter, which required us to indicate our dates of birth using a drop-down menu. Her birth year is 2017, so I filled out her birth date in a breeze. Then it came time to…

"One who is loved, never dies." - C.S. Lewis Certain people we meet in the course of our lives become so important to our reality, that permanent separation from them is something the mind can never fully comprehend. The duration of…

Bola Tinubu, the 12th governor of Lagos State, was a co-governor with me (1999–2007). As colleagues we worked together in pioneering the first meetings of Conferences of Southern Governors which we interchanged hosting the first and second…

Peter Obi comes across as a humble, conciliatory, mild-mannered, and good-natured person—in contrast to his toxic, obnoxious online devotees whose rhetorical causticity he habitually has a need to restrain with words of caution. I…

Information minister Lai Mohammed instructed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to penalize Trust TV with a N5 million fine for its factual March 5 documentary titled “Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story” after former BBC…

It’s not often I agree with Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed. Not because of anything but because I fundamentally disagree with what I consider her fiscal mismanagement of Nigeria. But at least she recently gave an honest…

*N24 billion disbursed to States, 732 water facilities, 494 health facilities, 616 schools built, yet some people say Buhari is not working

It has come to light that Muhammadu Buhari has approved N1.4 billion from Nigeria's coffers (without the approval of the National Assembly!) to help the Republic of Niger buy vehicles for its government officials to fight insecurity while…

Last week, Senator Philip Aduda, who represents the FCT in the Senate, advertised a terrifying idea to the Red Chamber. He attempted to get the legislature to cast off its rubber stamp status by treading a path that could’ve led to their…

The past few years have witnessed a gradual emergence of references in public commentary and social media to a potential or actual rupture of relations between Hausa and Fulani groups in the Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Prior to…

News from Nigeria these past few weeks read like an implausibly dystopian fictional plot written by an inept author. Events of the last few days particularly feel like a series of unstable and disordered parade of terrifying mental images…