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
Buhari’s anti-docility angst
Last Sunday, General Buhari attended the public lecture organized by the Movement for Better Future at the Arewa House in Kaduna. At
Buhari’s anti-docility angst
Last Sunday, General Buhari attended the public lecture organized by the Movement for Better Future at the Arewa House in Kaduna. At
Politics as Soludo, El-Rufai and the Kaduna meetings
If anybody thought there was some decency remaining in Nigerian ruling class politics, then the emergence of Charles Soludo as the governorship
Nigeria’s ticking youth time bomb
As a young teenager, just fresh from secondary school, I went to work in Nigerian broadcasting and that eventually defined my life
Farida Waziri: Psychiatry and Nigeria’s ruling class
“Having dealt with many corruption cases,I am inclined to suggestthat public officersshould besubjected tosomeform of psychiatric evaluation to determine their suitability for
Nigeria: Between momentary pessimism and incurable optimisme
“You can call me a blasphemer. I dispute the scripture’s assertion that God is everywhere. He is not present in the heart
The significance of Goje’s CAN award
When I read the comments of many perplexed Nigerians who queried President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for passing up yer another excellent opportunity
WAEC failure rate: Plunging Nigeria’s future into a hole
It was Issa Aremu who told me the story in Ilorin, early this week. When WAEC results were released in 2008, the
Northern agenda, southern conspiracy: Nigeria’s deepening “Lugard Chasm”
Last Tuesday, August 25, 2009, Daily Trust carried a screaming lead on the imminient shake-up in the Federal Civil Service; the accompanying
Boko Haram: A spin of control
Frankly speaking, it was a very unconvincing President Umaru Yar’adua that addressed the media last Tuesday. In the wake of the world-wide