Who is against democratic structures in the North-East?
ON Monday, April 21, 2014, LEADERSHIP newspaper’s lead story said that plans were afoot to suspend democratic structures in Adamawa, Borno and
Meeting With Nyesom Wike
The story started from the piece I wrote about Nyesom Wike and Abuja roads, and the pleasant problem I had trying
The National Assembly’s Meaningless Nostalgia For The Old National Anthem
This week, the National Assembly was said to have taken through a second reading, a bill to revert to the old National
THE PARTY IS DEAD, LONG MAY BABA REIGN
A buildup of emotions can sometimes shift us away from the surety of cold rational analysis; little wonder people often admonish that
GOODLUCK JONATHAN, ETHNIC BIGOTRY AND POLITICAL COMPETITIVENESS
“Nigeria is a country peopled by ethnic bigots who reach out to their narrow cleavages when they cannot compete” – Goodluck Jonathan
GOODLUCK JONATHAN: IT’S A GRAND POLITICAL
“I am not in a position to tell course now. I do dn this issue which has domma:n an thing on it
NLC’S ANTI CORRUPTION STRIKE
Barring any change of plan, the Nigerian labour congress (NLC) should be at the head of a national strike today, to force
Obasanjo’s Megabucks Of Darkness And Other Tales
Let us start on a rewind mode. The period is just around February and March, 2006, before the defeat of the third
Kashim Shettima And The Weaponisation Of Political Language
With the election of the presiding officials for the 10th National Assembly, it has become instructive to do an overview of the
AMADU ALI AND THE REJECTION OF ‘GARRISON DIPLOMACY’
Under the regime of general sani abacha, the Nigerian press found the gung-ho attitude of Chief Tom Ikimi, rather too offensive; he
We Shouldn’t Unbundle Railways, It Brings Disaster
The Nigerian Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, was recently reported by the media as calling for the “unbundling of the Nigerian