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Tinubu at 68 : Interrogating his politics and ideas
Former Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Relations and Chairman of National Action Group (NAG) Dr Olusanya Awosanextoles the virtues of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who recently turned 68 …
COVID-19 is a crisis like no other, these are 10 effects the pandemic will have on Nigeria
After it was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation in January, Coronavirus (widely known as COVID-19) has so far spread to over 160 countries and territories, infecting over 1,000,000, and killing over 50,000…
5G and COVID-19: Technology, conspiracy and ignorance
In the last few days, there has been so much fuss about the 5-G mobile technology. Corporate and Crisis Communication Expert EMEKA OPARAH separates the facts from the myth. ONE would ordinarily have dismissed the “controversy”…
Human race under siege
This is one of the most profound statements about the human race you will ever come across: “We were all humans until race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us and wealth classified us.” I don’t know the…
Disturbing Success of Coronavirus: Who Will Save the World?
These are very abnormal times. The earth we laboured to build is shutting down before our eyes and we have no magic wand. Although we’ve faced several challenges in our lifetimes, overcoming…
Adams Oshiomhole: Lionel Messi of NIgeria’s politics
And so, yes, it is the birthday of a political Maradona. There are few with that skill in politics, like in football, which enables the player, with his ethereal sneakiness, to dribble past a…
Women who love PMB
They are patriots who love their country dearly, and also love its President. Very dearly. To use the local parlance, ‘dem’ love President Muhammadu Buhari scatter. Through thick and thin, they have been with him, and I…
Tinubu: A penchant for producing leaders
Femi Salako extols the virtues of All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who clocked 68 on Thursday. The political space of Nigeria has over the…
China takes on the world
The only thing that can effectively compete with the Corona or Covid-19 virus in terms of speed and exponential spread round the world is the accompanying conspiracy theories. In their various combinations, these …
Those whose prayers God may not answer
With the public outrage following the flouting of government’s directives by some religious institutions last weekend over the number of worshippers that could attend mosques and churches for…
The psychology of Covid-19
Nigeria announced its first COVID-19 case on February 27 – an Italian who came into the country on February 24 and displayed symptoms of the disease while visiting Lafarge Cement Company in Ewekoro, Ogun State. He has been treated…
Covid-19: The unravelling of the Nigerian elite
THE extant coranavirus (Covid-19) global pandemic has exposed the underbelly of the country, and especially that of the elite that control its politics and the economy. And the revelation is damning: it shows emptiness…
Tackling the Myths around COVID-19
Some recent events in Nigeria have gladdened and saddened me in equal measure. I was glad when prominent Nigerians who were diagnosed with the coronavirus publicly declared their status. I rejoiced, thinking this would…
ASIWAJU TINUBU, A LEADER BEYOND COMPARE
It is that time of the year again when people from different parts of the world come to celebrate the birthday of an icon, the Jagaban of Borgu, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In the rain of…
COVID-19: I witnessed the worst screening at JFK Airport
I’d only been out of the US a week but my experience upon re-entry at JFK Airport was the worst I had seen anywhere! When I landed in Paris airport on Tuesday last week, I noticed the…
Breaking News from Aso Villa
Quite a challenging week it has been for Nigeria, and, indeed, the rest of the world, writes Femi Adesina, the media adviser to President Buhari. Except perhaps in China only, where…
Tinubu: A kingmaker at 68
All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be 68 on Sunday. But, the yearly colloquium to mark the ceremony has been cancelled due to the coronavirus…
COVID-19: Almajiris’, IDPs’ fate in limbo
Since the outbreak of Coronavirus, countries all over the world are putting mechanism in place as preventive measures to curtail the spread. Nigeria too has joined the…
2023: Bakare’s obsession with Osinbajo
At a time the whole world and by extension, Nigeria is focused on how to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic, Pastor Tunde Bakare’s focus is on 2023 presidency. Preaching his sermon on…
A letter to Abba Kyari in isolation
Dear Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, I have not come to gloat over your affliction by coronavirus (COVID-19); I have come to sympathise with you and…
Sanwo-Olu: A Governor As Crisis Manager
In the midst of challenges, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu continues to show that he is made of sterner stuff. In February, an Italian who works in Nigeria…
The forgotten Sheikh Zakzaky
Sir: In December 2015, the Nigerian military, under the pretense of road blockade to the Chief of Army Staff, attacked members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, thereby killing…
Covid-19 and the fake news virus
Have you heard the news? If you chew heaps of garlic, gulp litres of chloroquine, drink water every 15 minutes, stay in saunas for one hour, take hot bath every two hours, stop eating ice creams, swallow vitamin C tablets every…
Coronavirus: In the name of God, please spare us!
Rome is shut. Mecca is shut to outsiders. Israel doesn’t want pilgrims too. The devil is here. Churches and Mosques in Nigeria are closing. Big churches have been told to shut their doors…