Learned Expressions

Against all odds, the COVID 19 lockdown now seems to have been extended indefinitely by the President, without first codifying the process of its enforcement, from the many suggestions proffered from various quarters. The truth is that when…

We are now in a lockdown, no thanks to COVID 19. The President issued the directives in his nationwide broadcast of March 29, 2020, virtually shutting down Lagos and Abuja, the two most important cities in Nigeria. And we cried blue murder,…

Well, we are gradually now well into it, that is the Coronavirus that we have all read and heard of, is finally here, no thanks to the federal government of Nigeria. Without any doubt, there was no case of COVID-19 in Nigeria initially, it…

The Cross-River State Governor, His Excellency, (Prof) Ben Ayade, has been mired in so many controversies lately, from the harassment of journalists, to the incarceration of activists, his apparent inability to tackle communal clashes and…

It took time coming but it’s been long awaited, given all the intrigues that attended his choice for the exalted throne. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, brave, courageous, maverick, populist, suave and intelligent, even as Emir of Kano. He has had…

ON Thursday, March 12, 2020, members of the National Executive Council of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, will converge on Abuja for their quarterly meeting to deliberate on a number of issues. By the amended Constitution of the NBA, the…

MY last piece on this topic was to the effect that the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has become the albatross of the people of the Niger Delta. Not long thereafter, the Board of the NDDC was dissolved and a new Board was…

Increasingly and alarmingly, it is gaining ground that Nigerians now believe that justice is for sale. This position was held by my friend and comrade, Joe Igbokwe some years back and I took umbrage at him and even filed an action in…

His election came with lots of expectations, given his background and profile, as a former Senator of the Federal Republic, a grassroots man and an erudite professor. Born as Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade not long ago in 1968, he had become…

For so long a time in Nigeria, we have not witnessed the kind of solidarity and support from the people, for any policy of government as has happened in the last few weeks in the South West of Nigeria, where everyone, young or old, male or…