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Hushpuppi and other puppies
If you have ever found it hard to sleep because of nightmares filled with enemies you cannot identify, filled with all kinds of abuses, filled with pleas for help harkened to by…
Bola Tinubu, Ibrahim Magu, The Cabal And 2023
“For the innocent, the past may hold a reward, but for the treacherous it's only a matter of time before the past delivers what they truly deserve." - Emily Thorne Ibrahim…
Magu and the Abuja Power Game
I don’t know if the detained acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, grew up (like some of us) reading the novels of English writer René Brabazon Raymond, who wrote under…
2023 isn’t the Igbo’s turn for presidency — it’s Nigerians’
By Fredrick Nwabufo How much progress has Nigeria made with its ethnic-motility politics? Since 1999, we have had presidents of different ethnic extractions – Yoruba, Fulani, and Ijaw –…
Ibrahim Magu: When the hunter becomes the bush meat
‘’It has been long coming. Expect things to be done differently from now on,’’ a source in the thick of things told me regarding the “arrest” of Ibrahim Magu, acting EFCC chairman,…
Keyamo: A lone lion among hyenas
The Nigerian House of depravity that could not manufacture solution to our problem of insecurity was caught last week speaking with an overtone of arrogance, conquest and…
Hushpuppi’s death
It is Ramon Abbas he bears. Even that name puzzles. Some reports anglicise his first name as Raymond. But it is Hushpuppi we know, poetic, lyrical and even symbolic. Hush implies silent,…
In the eyes of Obasanjo
Since he vacated office in 2007, ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo has been characteristically wise after the fact in assessing Nigerian presidents. Falling out with his…
The Politics of Electricity Tariff
Whether we like it or not, the issue of electricity tariff is a touchy one. In the power sector reform, we are always talking about power generation, transmission and distribution. We are always talking about how many…
Ajimobi and Abuja’s one-way tickets
It will remain true forever that on the day of death, there is no medicine. Bolaji Tunji, Senator Abiola Ajimobi’s spokesman, said his boss took all the precautions of these malevolent times:…
Festus Keyamo – Calm Down
My brother, this no be activism o, this na real life politics where real men play. No be gra gra and be speaking big big English and be quoting Constitution as one of the senators talk. You need a high dose of emotional…
The politics of Tinubu obsession
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has very strong enemies and a few of them would not wait for him to die before burying him. As soon…
Oyakhilome and company
I LOVE Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, his stylish haircut, his stage theatrics and his one-in-town miracles. I also love his deep voice and the power and influence they exude. He has spoken about pseudo-science,…
The needless controversy over Nimi Akinkugbe’s ambassadorial appointment
I HAVE read reactions trailing the enlistment of Mrs. Nimi Akinkugbe, specifically on Punch.com, as non-career Ambassadorial Nominee for Ondo State. These reactions are tagged…
Re: An Open Letter To Jagaban By Femi Fani-Kayode
*The tragedy of your existence Dear FFK, I have always respected and admired you, your command of words when you speak. You are one of the very few Nigerians who could speak extempore for…
Ndigbo: Before Restructure, Beyond Biafra
In the piece, Coronavirus: The Nigerian Dream Cure, I wrote that the COVID-19, which “compelled people to stay within their nations and localities, illuminates the genius of the…
The politics of Ajimobi’s death
Except something else occurs that grabs the headlines and dominates Nigerian social media, the big news of the past week would probably be the death of Senator…
Don’t cry for Bola Tinubu
The article reproduced here was written in 2015. It predicted the comeuppance of Bola Tinubu in the APC. I have decided to re-submit it for publication because what was obvious to so many of us on the sidelines what oblivious to…
Between Sanwo-Olu of Lagos & Andrew Cuomo of New York
Babajide Sanwo-Olu is the Governor of Lagos state. Andrew Cuomo is the Governor of New York. What New York is to America, Lagos state is to Nigeria. The two states may not be the capital of…
Celebrating Fashola at 57: The ‘BRF Way’
By Hakeem Bello “BRF is a genius at breaking it down, laying it all out. When he goes on project tours, he stops to ask the artisans and food vendors on the site about how the project has…
And APC survives
By Senator Babafemi Ojudu When a couple of days ago I wrote that APC, unlike PDP, will soon resolve her issues, some didn’t believe. It will implode, it will soon disintegrate so…
Playing Politics with Power Sector
In 2006, President Olusegun Obasanjo came up with Vision 20:2020 — an audacious dream to make Nigeria one of the 20 biggest economies in the world by 2020. There were plenty projections that were supposed to combine to…
Sacking Of Adams Oshiomhole And His NWC: CPC’s Weeding Mode Re-activated
Sunset on the tenure of a former textile worker, unionist, executive governor and party chairman, retired Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, and members of his National Working…
Sanwo-Olu at 55: The simple man in the service of Lagosians
By Olusegun Fafore Without purpose, life is meaningless. With insight, our path is illuminated. When purpose and insight are embedded attributes of anyone’s life, such an individual…