On Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, Nigeria woke up to news of very devastating floods in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. WhatsApp platforms and other social media handles became awash with pictures
There are too many strands of my memory that are directly linked to the remarkable spaces that General Yakubu Gowon occupies in our national history. As we all celebrate his 90th birthday,
My mind has been full of a montage of imageries in the past week. I think it was around September 2002 or so, that President Obasanjo and a host of other African
The story started from the piece I wrote about Nyesom Wike
This week, the National Assembly was said to have taken through a
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SINCE the announcement broke of his appointment as the new Chairman of INEC, I have tried
“Atiku as consensus candidate of the North. Jonathan is going into the battle of his life.
The world of politics can be likened to the stomach of the African elephant, often containing
“He was never the legitimate governor and there was effectively a thief in government house. As
Early writings
Sometime in the month of June 1983, Vice President, Alex Ekuweme, during one of his campaign rallies, was reported as saying that the austerity measures his government clamped down on the country,
During an international anti-apartheid conference in November 1988, Ike Nwachukwu, Nigeria’s External Affairs Minister, seized the opportunity of the august gathering, to remount the old hobby horse of Nigerian foreign policy- demands
Mankind is in a state of constant change. “The journalist’s task is to write about and, in a sense, promote changes, to prevent society from becoming ossified. Journalists should always test the
In December 1988, the World Bank released the International Debt Table for the outgoing year. According to the report, the total stock of Third World debt for 1988, increased by 3 percent
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I spent the second half of last week, from Thursday evening, in Lagos. I was attending
The announcement last week by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it has registered 22
Last week, the long-awaited, Egyptian-brokered, prisoner exchange, between Israel and the Palestinians finally took place, broadcast
Last week was definitely a tragic week in Nigeria. Over a hundred lives were lost Kaduna
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Dear Dr Is’haq Modibbo Kawu. I am delighted to inform you that you have been
I left Ilorin on Friday morning (March 7th, 2025). I was back home for a
Dr. Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has emphasized the need for
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I have been fascinated by writing about people, places and events for decades; and I have therefore written about, commented on, and analysed, the African Culture, condition, as well as the international situation, at several levels.
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TWO weeks ago, I wrote a longish essay on aspects of Nigerian music, which surprised quite a few readers, including Uncle Sam Amuka, VANGUARD’s publisher. He asked me a few questions about where my knowledge of Nigerian music came from. In the days
