Adamawa and ‘clueless’ Jonathan
Yesterday, October 11, 2014, would have been an important day politically in Adamawa, one of the three states in the Northeast most ravaged by...
Nigeria’s adult children
It was a few weeks ago I read in a foreign newspaper that the percentage of adult children in Europe and in the Americas...
The tragedy at Synagogue
The only reason why the tragedy at the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Lagos is not getting commensurate attention is simply because this is...
Jega stirs the hornets’ nest
Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is embattled. He knows it, even as he pretends that all is well.
For...
Terrorism: As Nigeria chases shadows
Ndigbo have a saying that a man whose house is on fire has no business chasing rats. To do is sheer stupidity if not...
Ribadu’s transmutation
There is no politically discerning Nigerian who has not heard the news.
Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
After confab, what next?
After four months of deliberations, the national conference will finally close shop on July 17. That is 11 days from now.
After guzzling billions of...
Now, I am really scared of Ebola
I had not been too worried since the outbreak of the Ebola disease in Nigeria. It wasn’t because I was naive or unaware of...
The carnage in Gaza
The United States on Thursday, August 7, intervened in the crisis in Iraq on humanitarian grounds. In a televised late-night statement from the White...
Harvest of female suicide bombers
On Wednesday, July 30, a female suicide bomber blew herself up at Kano State Polytechnic, killing six people and critically injuring six others.
Her target...
