Cynthia in our hearts
WHEN the story of the tragic killing of the beautiful Cynthia Osokogu broke last week, it got a deserved place on the
Treason, the pot at the rainbow’s end
IT took the WALL STREET JOURNAL, WSJ, last week, to lift the lid on the murky world of payments which the Nigerian government makes
Peace-building gestures in a fractured North
AS this year’s Ramadan fast ended, I have reflected upon what I felt was one of the most important gestures of the
Wages of the fuel subsidy regime
FOR residents of Abuja, the past week has been particularly difficult. Before you could pronounce FCT, we returned to a regime of
A struggle for the soul of Nigeria
WHEN the Niger Delta toughie, Asari Dokubo, threatened a bloody war against Northern Nigeria, at a press conference in Abuja last week,
Jonathan, National Asembly and the budget brouhaha
NIGERIA’S greatest musician, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, called it “Government Magic”; that is the practiced tradition in government circles to obfuscate basic issues of
These Olympic games speak to our national condition
WHEN Blessing Okagbare lined up for the ladies’ 100 meters final, inside the Olympic Stadium in East London, last weekend, she carried the