The president’s health: Setting up northern straw men to heat up the polity
Olusegun Adeniyi, Presidential Aviser on Media, was an august visitor in my house on Sallah day. We spoke about the decision to
Nigeria’s children of forced migration and capitalis globalization
It was Langton Hughes the great African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s that once asked in his 1951 collection
Buhari’s anti-docility angst
Last Sunday, General Buhari attended the public lecture organized by the Movement for Better Future at the Arewa House in Kaduna. At
Nigeria’s ticking youth time bomb
As a young teenager, just fresh from secondary school, I went to work in Nigerian broadcasting and that eventually defined my life
The significance of Goje’s CAN award
When I read the comments of many perplexed Nigerians who queried President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for passing up yer another excellent opportunity
Boko Haram: A spin of control
Frankly speaking, it was a very unconvincing President Umaru Yar’adua that addressed the media last Tuesday. In the wake of the world-wide
Nigeria: Between potentials and failures
At the heart of my recent visit to Eritrea, was the interview session that I had with Isaias Afewerki, the President of
May 29: Which democracy? What manner of country?
Expectedly, members of the ruling elite in our country will be back-slapping with vigour this week; it iw ten years since the
Yar’adua’s G-20 snub
“I must say that today is a sad day for me. And I think it should be for all Nigerians when 20
Tony Anenih’s prayers and matters political
Chief Tony Anenih has a superb way of intervening in Nigerian politics: he enjoys the most elliptic entrée, which usually guarantees the