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The political metaphor of Kamala Harris
The US Democratic party has just selected a former Attorney General of California, a former District Attorney of San Fransisco and a junior Senator representing California, a…
Ismaila Isa Funtua: We began as adversaries…, by Femi Adesina
For decades, I had known him as a politician, businessman, and media entrepreneur. His reputation was as impressive as his height. But my first close contact with Mallam…
Kashamu, Obasanjo, the Ills of the Dead and the Living
By Semiu Okanlawon I am not a fan of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and let me make that categorically clear from this point. I would return to this later for my reasons. I sat in my…
The night Carrington staked life for Nigeria’s democracy
LAGOS, like other states, was groping in the ghost land that Nigeria had become that dusk in 1997. Middle-class Surulere was roiling in virtual lockdown as hordes of riot…
Like NDDC, Like Edo: Why we must end the reign of abuse
by Tony Usidamen The searchlight beamed on the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) recently has revealed a deep rot in the agency, which was set up by the federal…
Matters arising from Chief Obasanjo’s condolence letter
Some people have said that it is against the African culture to speak ill of the dead. That is far from the truth. In the past, Africans spoke ill of the dead and exposed the dead if…
Nigeria’s Ballooning Debt: Don’t Panic, China is not the Devil
Many Nigerians are worried about rising debt profile of the nation which settled at ₦28.6 trillion in the first half of 2020. Of the sum, Nigeria’s indebtedness to…
The political careers Obasanjo ruined
Olusegun Obasanjo is a defining personality in Nigeria’s politics. For decades he has hovered like a wraith over the political cumulus. He is one of the many Nigerian…
The Unending Misdirection Of Ill-Will From A Thoroughly Demystified Letter Writter, The Very Same…
Former President Olusegun Obasajo has truly added another inglorious , insensitive and anti -culture chapter into condolence letter - writing , even at his age and nearness…
Yes, it is time to finally bury ‘zoning’
Recently Mallam Mamman Daura the normally taciturn nephew of President Buhari did something he rarely does; he granted an interview. What is more, in the interview he…
Shoprite and our ‘Bad Belle’ Syndrome
When Shoprite owners announced that they were selling their stake in the Nigerian market, many of us were baffled. Initially misunderstood to mean the South African food retailer was going to…
23 Years After: Did Fela Leave With Our Courage?
That day, the twelfth day of August, 1997 was electric…a deep pall of sadness swept over the nation, yet a distinct halo of exhilaration swooshed over metropolitan cities of Nigeria…as the prodigiously gifted enigma…
AFRICA: TOBACCO PRODUCTS – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF RISK COMMUNICATION TOWARDS THE…
By Marie Camara The Food and Drug Law Institute organized on July 30th a webinar on the perilous process for innovative tobacco manufacturers to obtain an authorization to communicate to the public.…
Back on the beat, after defeating COVID-19
By Gboyega Akosile Thank God I am back at my duty post! I returned to work today, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 after several weeks away, battling the monstrous Coronavirus.…
Ibadan elders want Ibadan Vice-Chancellor
Lately, the leaders of the Ibadan socio-cultural group, Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, appealed to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to…
Mamman Daura is not the problem
I’ve been amused by the strenuous efforts to explain exactly what Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, meant or did not mean when he said last week that…
The 2023 zoning controversy
President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor would not be elected for another three years, yet the air is already thick with intrigue. Given the immense powers of the Nigerian presidency…
Asari’s beloved pick-pockets
Pre-Goodluck Jonathan, Niger Delta depredation was a serious issue, amplified by justified militancy, with over-flowing national guilt. During the Jonathan Presidency, with the…
Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba don’t own Nigeria, they are Nigeria’s problems
Nigeria is the collective heritage of about 200 million people of diverse ethnic backgrounds and tongues. There are over 250 ethnic nationalities spread across the country. Nigeria…
Fallacy of so-called competence over zoning
I was once invited to the African Centre in London to give a talk on the concept of rotational presidency in Nigeria. It was a well-advertised lecture, so quite a number of Nigerians were aware of it. I did my best and got a…
This power rotation thing again
Mallam Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s confidant, is someone who speaks just once in a blue moon. He hardly grants media interviews or appears at public events. Only a few Nigerians can point him out in a crowd. A Google…
Mamman Daura and the 2023 Presidential Election
Mallam Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew and easily the most influential person in the administration is also a leading member of the Kaduna Mafia. The Kaduna Mafia is a…
As NDDC bleeds…
The skanky notes slushing out of the common patrimony of the oil-producing areas have done incalculable damage to the memories of the heroes/martyrs of the famed Niger Delta struggle.…
Between NASS and ‘Storm Akpabio’
Politics has its limitations, and there is a limit to which class interest gets the better of public interest. That seems what we are getting to see in the ruckus…