Sule Lamido and Jigawa’s television vision
I AM writing these lines in the JIGAWA HOTELS room that I have been lodged in since Monday evening. I have come to
The Boko Haram amnesty committe: I’m with President Jonathan on that
THERE has not been much to valorise in the leadership of President Goodluck Jonathan, as far as I am concerned; and I
Kayode Fayemi’s delightful Ekiti State
A CONFESSION is in order at the beginning of this piece. Kayode Fayemi, the Ekiti State governor is my friend. I rooted for
Margaret Thatcher: Heroine of capitalism,enemy of the people
WHEN Margaret Thatcher died on Monday, we were guaranteed an outpouring of emotions as diverse and divided as she was in her
Tales and travails of travel
I LEFT Abuja last Friday morning to celebrate the Easter holiday in Ilorin. I had not been back home since the first
PDP’s metamorphosis: From do-or-die to all out war
FELLOW Nigerians please be on the lookout. PDP is changing tack. It has undergone a metamorphosis. Not even “do-or-die” can approximate its desire
A broadcasting miscellany
For those who follow the emergence of new broadcasting outfits with excitement, like me, they wont have failed to notice that a
Chinua Achebe’s undying place in our memories
My earliest encounter with Chinua Achebe was not the usual “suspect”; his trailblazing work, Things Fall Apart. That came a bit later. I
‘Our members are hungry, our members must not be hungry’
“My brother governor, Uduaghan said our members are hungry and that we must put food in their stomach so that they don’t
Iraq: 10 years after the illegal Anglo-American invasion and occupation
This week, the world has been remembering the tenth anniversary of the illegal Anglo-American invasion and occupation of Iraq. The invasion was