NASS and DISCOS’ dangerous steps on the dance floor
Last week, the two chambers of the National Assembly, spoke in unison against what appears to be an attempt by…
Mele Kyari and the drumbeats of fifth columnists
Mele Kyari needs no introduction to an average Nigerian. He heads the octopoidal superstructure called the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…
From Mmesoma to palliative JAMBoree?
In the early days of this month, Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme, the 19-year old Anambra State-born candidate of the Joint Admission…
Let’s crash this culture
A sister just left our parish and RCCG completely. She is a spiritual mother of sort. Her sudden absence at…
As I take a bow…
ON Thursday, June 6, I clocked 16 years of active service both as an insider and observer at the chambers…
Insecurity: Why is Nigeria the attractive destination in Africa?
Last week, I raised some questions for the attention of our security chiefs, especially the Chief of Army Staff and…
Insecurity: A bloody civilian’s questions for Buratai, Adamu
In the eyes of security chiefs, the bloody civilian is unlearned in security matters. They call him the bloody civilian,…
Power systems collapse: We saw it coming
On Wednesday, May 8, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) experienced one of the most debilitating power system collapses in…
FCT and the burden of enforcing morality
Does morality mix with business? Does morality mix with politics or diplomacy? These are questions whose answers would certainly vary from…
Oyo: A coalition’s 13 years journey to reality
A number of political actors in Oyo State know Honourable Babatunde Oduyoye (Babs), the former Student Union activist at the…
Help! Oshiomhole is sounding like a broken record
National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, appears like a man who listens only to himself.…
How Buhari can leave Nigeria better than he met it
I had a dual (if not multiple) role on Election Day, February 23, 2019. I was a voter but my…
Tinubu, Oshiomhole and dem say, dem say democracy
IN ordinary man’s parlance, Dem Say, dem say means gossip. But in Abuja, it is a popular news programme hosted…
Will Oshiomhole spoil Lawan’s party?
TWO events stand out of all the moves aimed at who gets what in the 9th National Assembly last week.…
Mahmood Yakubu: How did he miss it?
CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, does not come across as a tongue in cheek…
An electoral legacy for Muhammadu Buhari
Before he eventually won the 2015 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari had sought the same office on three occasions. He…
2019: Why Buhari must end politics of envy, poverty
A March 3 article on the CCN website captured the Nigerian 2019 election scenario perfectly. Reading through the article, you…
So sad we didn’t have a good election
LOCAL and International Election Observation Teams and stakeholders to the February 23 presidential and National Assembly election in Nigeria agreed…
Election postponement and lessons for political parties
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) became the whipping boy of the botched February 16 presidential and National Assembly elections.…
Buhari’s police action and the anti-corruption war
I recent months, Nigeria’s anti-corruption war under President Muhammadu Buhari has come under national and international klieg lights. From the…
