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R.I.P., the American Economy
*Trump’s America is Facing Unparalleled Economic Disaster By Umair Haque See that chart above? That’s the American economy, dying. It shows retail sales across the…
Abacha loot as a Metaphor
The social media is an exciting space, always buzzing with life. One moment, guys are swearing at one another, the next instant they are making peace amid unusual comradely. That is the…
We’re Implementing New VAT Rate, Not Raising Prices – MultiChoice
Pay television company, Multichoice Nigeria, has dismissed reports that it is set to increase subscription rates for its DStv and GOtv packages from 1 June. The company…
Before Gambari is crucified
Whatever public reaction Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari expected of his appointment as President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief Of Staff (COS), he probably didn’t imagine the…
If you can’t take blows, don’t throw blows
Let me start by giving due credit for this headline, which is not original to me. I lifted it from the 1983 song by reggae star, Peter Tosh, in the album titled Mama Africa. The song is Glass House, and it goes thus: “If…
Nigerian Politics: The conspiracy of the elites
According to the Merriam Webster online dictionary, elites are groups of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence. They are usually regarded as…
In Africa, Trump’s fate is worse than a laughing stock
In a recent article in The Atlantic also widely used elsewhere, American journalist, Anne Applebaum, described the pathetic meltdown of US President Donald Trump,…
Executive (dis)order
ON Sunday, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike demolished two hotels in Port Harcourt for allegedly flouting his executive order on lockdown. The state like many others is on a…
Wike: Playing the Idi Amin
Idi Amin Dada was the Ugandan military officer who served as the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. During his reign as the President, he was ruthless, merciless, in fact, he was…
What ails Wike?
IN the Rivers front, COVID-19 appears to have birthed a severe strain of another gubernatorial virus. So, it’s politic to ask: what ails Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike? This question…
Nyesom Wike: Our governor has gone mad again
If the gods want to punish a people, they either invoke plagues on the land or deploy agents of slaughter as leaders. The gods are not happy with Rivers state, obviously, hence the…
Memo to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo
Your Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, you would recall that when the coronavirus pandemic began to take its toll on the…
Between freedom, coronavirus and money problems
We need to impose on ourselves the freedom of conscience in the pursuit of our daily bread. Remember, for our sword, we should wield our sanitizer …! On this one, we are on our own HONESTLY, judging by everything going on…
Boko Haram: Voice of Shekau, hand of Salkida
The Boko Haram crisis in North-East Nigeria means different things to different people. While to some, it is a war against Nigeria, few others perceive it as propagation of their ideals. For another category, however, it is just a business…
As Trump muddies the waters of COVID-19
As if the coronavirus pandemic that has virtually turned the world upside down with the grisly daily bulletin of deaths and more deaths and misery and…
TRIBUTE BY AISHA ABBA-KYARI: My daddy, my best friend
BY AISHA ABBA-KYARI On 17th April, 2020, my world came crashing down and my heart shattered into a billion pieces. Upon receiving the news of my father’s passing, I immediately felt the most excruciating pain – a pain I would not…
OPINION: The case against high interest rates in time of contagion By Bola Tinubu
Against the backdrop of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic , All Progressives Congress(APC) stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, pushes for low interest rates and the need for the Central Bank of Nigeria to boost the economy Time to …
Lagos, COVID-19 and Fake News
Ralph Fiennes is one of the most fearless individuals on Earth, having embarked on incredibly dangerous expeditions. But then, even Fiennes has his fears. He is…
The facts about Senate’s approval of Buhari’s N850bn loan request
My brother, Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, once observed that those who believe do not need further explanation,…
Between Abba Kyari and Abba Kyari
“In spite of our age difference, he encouraged me to call him by his first name Abba, but I always preferred Mallam Abba. Forget what anyone might tell you, Mallam Abba was a…
The Verbal Autopsies from Kano
If there is any lesson we have learnt from the past five weeks, it is how difficult it is to enforce a meaningful lockdown or social distancing in Nigeria. All over the country,…
Enemy of the State
You have possibly watched the 1998 action-thriller film with the above title, starring Will Smith. It was the box office hit story about a group of people plotting to kill an…
COVID-19: Choosing between Life and Bread
I have known Kelvin for over three decades. A tall, sturdy and gangling personality, he is brave and daring. We attended same higher institution and I can readily attest to…
Face masks: terms, conditions and consequences
It is no longer news in Nigeria that the use of face masks has been made compulsory in many states in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and in preparation for expanded economic activities.…