My dearest brother Prince Nazir Ado Ibrahim of the Royal House of the Atta’s in Ebiraland, Kogi state has passed and it has hit me hard....
Every language has words that travel. Wahala needed no translation when it crossed from Yoruba into Nigerian English and then into global consciousness. Everyone knows what...
I don’t know why, but anytime I visit the iconic Maryland Mall, something happens. The last time I went there, one journeyman journalist took the place...
On Thursday last week, President Bola Tinubu perfectly played the role of the General of a troop going to war. He gave a pep talk to...
As Tokunbo Wahab turns 54 today, the occasion feels like more than another birthday on the calendar. It is a moment to recognize a public servant...
“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if thw audience is deaf” – Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974, VBQ p 275. Seldom does the nomination of...
The failed attempt by Senate President Godswill Akpabio to amend the Senate Standing Rules was, from the outset, interpreted in many political circles as an act of self-preservation....
There is an old English proverb that says, “What is good for the goose is good for the gander.” It is a short adage that has...
Someone said 24 hours is a long time in politics. So true. It has been one drama after the other in this presidential election season, so...
The former Labour Party presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi, thinks he is Nigeria’s most misunderstood politician. Why is it hard for us to see that his serial...