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
Governance Without Social Conscience
Opening the NLC’s Harmattan School early this week, Congress President, Abdulwaheed Omar, warned the Goodluck Jonathan administration, that its gung-ho determination to
Diezani Alison Madueke: Our Super Minister
Diezani’s luck passeth understanding! She is the ONLY minister with a ‘secure’ tenure; NDA ‘freely’ honoured her recently and it was CON
Sanusi Lamido And Uncomfortable Truths
At a recent book launch to commemorate the 80th birthday anniversary of one of Northern Nigeria’s most illustrious intellectuals, Professor Adamu Baikie,
President Jonathan and the Bayelsa guber circus
LAST week, I spoke briefly with a top helmsman of the PDP, on the controversy around the PDP candidacy for the upcoming
An Eliptical Interrogation Of The Obasanjo Versus Babangida Faceoff
I once asked General Ibrahim Babangida why he never moved against General Obasanjo, despite the unrelenting criticisms of his regime and person,
Lemu report & fuel subsidy: An explosive mix of politics and oil
FOR most Nigerian newspapers reporting the submission of the Lemu Panel’s report on the post-election violence last April, the most important angle
Fayemi’s Victory, Amos Adamu And The Obscenities Of Nigerian Life
I was trying to purchase a set of toys for my children on London’s Regent Street, when a text message came confirming
Nnamdi ‘Andy’ Uba: The Ultimate Survivor
For me, the picture of the month in Nigerian newspapers must be that which had Nnamdi ‘Andy’ Uba, snuggling up to INEC
The Battle Against Oil Subsidy Removal
In a very fundamental sense, the coming battle against Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to withdraw oil subsidy, will define the character of our
The Arrest Of The Nation Newspaper Editors
There is no organ of the Nigerian state as despised as its normally inefficient, but inordinately anti-people, security services. Notoriously incompetent, where