Twentieth Year Tribute To Samora Machel
Four weeks ago, I wrote a piece on this page in remembrance of Thomas Sankara. I had argued that given the situation
One Tragedy Too Many
I spent the second half of last week, from Thursday evening, in Lagos. I was attending a retreat at the scenic Eko
Thoughts Personal But Social
In the past few months, I have travelled back and forth to Ilorin. This is related to my mother’s health which has
Remembering Thomas Sankara
The Guardian newspaper of Wednesday, October 4, 2006, carried Die somewhat obscure report; it said that the family o f the assassinated
Oby Ezekwesili: Privatising Unity Schools
Obiageli Ezekwesili (often addressed as ‘Doctor’, but is she a doctorate degree holder really?), is one of the leading memebers of Obasanjo’s
Buhari Must Never Join The PDP
I spent last weekend in Kano. Apart from all die issues I was I trying to untangle at the Bayero University in
Between Regime Survival And National Security
The recent arrest of Garba Shehu, the media consultant of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, brought into stop focus Mice again
In The Orphanage of Neo-Liberal Capitalism
The Guardian newspaper of Friday, 8th September, 2006, carried an excerpt from a paper presented recently at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Loyalty As Refuge For Scoundrels
It was President Obasanjo himself who should earn the trademark right to having ‘problematised’ the issue of loyalty in contemporary Nigerian politics.
Politics As Voodoo
Quite a number of newspapers have formed the habit of reminding the Nigerian people the number of weeks remaining for a transition