Spare us this tension, Comrade Oshiomhole
NATIONAL chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has been at his vocal best in the past…
Saraki: Are the Senators taking sycophancy too far?
ON Wednesday, August 1, there was so much tension within the precincts of the National Assembly. Around noon, a video…
This police need reforms
A little while ago, #End SARS was trending. The campaign was vociferous, especially on the social media. The offence was…
Saraki the son and the story of prodigal parent
THE Biblical story of the prodigal son as told by Jesus Christ is succinct and popular across homes, religions, and…
Speaking grammar on top of Abacha loot
I‘Ve written this before; how not to spend Abacha loot. It was on the heels of a statement credited to…
Buhari and the songs of the marketplace
Mr. President Sir! General Muhammadu Buhari, I greet you sir. I am not about to lure you to the dance…
The other side of Fayose
LET me start by declassifying a bit of our recent past. In the build-up to the 2014 governorship election in…
Nyame, Dariye and the lessons of power
lynx eyeFROM grass to grace. From grace to grass. From prison to power and from power to prison. Those are…
#Not Too young to run: Not yet Uhuru (2)
WHEN you talk about the influence of money in elections, the euphoria of a youth emerging in the contest for…
#Not Too young to run: Not yet Uhuru (1)
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday in Abuja, signed into law the “Not Too Young to Run Bill.” Before now, youths…
Three years of Buhari: What has changed?
IN x-raying the three years of President Muhammadu Buhari, one has to excuse the myriads of promises he made or…
How not to spend Abacha loot
THE Federal Government last Monday announced how it will deploy the latest hull in its loot recovery drives across the…
Here comes the ADC
ONE will be saying the obvious to declare that the 2019 transition process is as fluid as the running water.…
These elder statesmen understand democracy
ON Thursday, elder statesmen from across four of the nation’s six geopolitical zones paid a historic visit to the National…
Buhari: Beware, the friends of the president
To one class of people, a friend in government is a friend lost. That happens when you ascribe to friendship…
Can the president be always right?
SOMETHING baffles about the mode of responses that comes out of the Nigerian presidency in recent years. Most of the…
Herdsmen menace: Between Incompetence and insincerity
ABIA South Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe caused a stir on the floor of the Senate on Thursday. He had taken the…
Corruption war: What Buhari must learn from Zimbabwe
IN November 2017, the newly installed President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, announced a three month ultimatum to citizens and corporations…
Lagos: The irony of Buhari’s visit
LAST week, President Muhammadu Buhari paid his first official visit to Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial power house. It was instructive that…
Bill Gates on Buhari: I saw this verdict coming
Some weeks back, I had an interview with a Minister of the current administration and asked why the government of…
