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
The Nigerian Labour Movement and the Labour Party
Last Wednesday, I received the text of the press conference addressed by our old comrade, Salisu Mohammed, as Chairman of the National Caretaker
Nasir El-Rufai and Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
I MUST start with some disclosures. I have written very scathing commentaries on Nasir El-Rufai in the past; these were especially during his years
On The Edge
“To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice.” Magna Carta, 1215 All Nigerian
National Assembly and national minimum wage
Last week, the Senate removed wages from the Exclusive Legislative List and placed it in the Concurrent List, as part of the
President Jonathan, where is the ceasefire with Boko Haram?
LIKE other Nigerians, I was taken by surprise when news broke last week that the Nigerian government had reached a ceasefire agreement
Obasanjo’s amazing apotheosis
THE NATION newspaper’s HARDBALL of Tuesday, October 14, 2014, mischievously described it as the “BEGGARS’ ORCHESTRA”. The occasion was the triumphant return
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Mutawallen Sakwato
LAST weekend Sokoto hosted the cream of Nigerian political society. They were in the ‘Seat of the Caliphate’ for the turbanning of
Abubakar Shekau: Was he killed after being arrested alive?
The Nigerian security forces scored a major victory against the Boko Haram insurgency in the past two weeks, when its self-declared leader, “Abubakar
President Jonathan’s billboards, sycophancy incorporated
WE must thank DAILY TRUST for the investigative piece of Thursday, September 11, 2014, titled “161 pro-Jonathan billboards in Abuja”. The nut
Of National ID card, Mastercard and the slave mentality
LAST Thursday, President Jonathan launched the National electronic Identification Card. The national ID Card project has been one of the most scandalous