My citizen Chukwuma wonderment
ABOUT five years ago, I needed to purchase a “new” (Tokunbo) engine for a vehicle and was agonising just how I would
Bola Tinubu @ 64 Vision, politics and national progress
ON Tuesday this week, notable members of the Nigerian elite gathered in Abuja for the Bola Tinubu Colloquium, which annually commemorates the
President Obama in Cuba
THERE is an alleged statement by Cuban revolutionary icon, Fidel Castro, making the rounds online. Fidel was said to have assured that: “the
The Dangote phenomenon: How does Aliko manage these endeavours?
LAST Thursday, Forbes.com reported that Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, had made a bid for a majority stake in Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN)
Borno State: Counting the cost of insurgency
ON Monday this week, DAILY TRUST led with quotations from a Post Insurgency Recovery and Peace Building Assessment Report, presented by the
Our very lucrative prayers economy
(Please read today’s piece to the accompaniment of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s classic song, SHUFFERIN’ AND SHMILIN’) LAST week, former Executive Director of the
Our roads, our lives
We walked through broken braids of steel And fallen acrobats. The endless safety nets Of forests prove a green deception Fated lives
Nasir-Rufai: A day with the governor
I HAVE written many pieces about Nasir El-Rufai’s near nine-month administration in Kaduna state. I have very strong connection with Kaduna, the city and
Coach Sunday Oliseh: Our ‘Guardiola’ abandons ship
WHEN the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) appointed ex-International, Sunday Oliseh, as National Coach of the Super Eagles, to replace Stephen Keshi, in
Monthly revenue allocation: The Kwara State checklist
EARLY this week, the monthly revenue allocated to each state of the federation, for December 2015, and shared in January 2016, was