General elections and the mo(u)rning after
Yesterday was the much-talked about and energy-sapping presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria. It is therefore the morning after, or mourning after, depending...
My change wish list (1)
By this time next week, General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB) will become President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB). Since he will transmute from being GMB to PMB,...
What manner of universities?
Is anyone out there taking notes of what is happening to our universities? The pathetic news coming out of Ondo State last week was...
The big man and his entourage
After my initial fits and starts attempt at reading Michaela Wrong’s book, It’s Our Time to Eat, I have recently got into the groove...
Every agency has its own crooks
So I set out penultimate Friday afternoon to renew the papers for my car at the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO)’s office in Area 1,...
Political economy of pilgrimage sponsorship
A few weeks ago, the Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Felix Ajakaye, urged government to stop spending money to sponsor people for pilgrimages. This...
Leave judiciary out of your politics
I have often said that, to the Nigerian political class, nothing is too sacrosanct that it cannot be sacrificed on the altar of politics....
Austerity? Cut governance cost
So, now, it is confirmed that we are officially in ‘austerity’. The last time we had that was sometime in 1982 under the Shehu...
NASS inauguration: When legality trumped politics
The events at the inauguration of Nigeria’s eighth National Assembly (NASS) and election of its presiding officers raise a lot of issues. There are...
And Nigeria conquered Ebola
This past week, Nigeria had its moment in the sun as the World Health Organisation (WHO) officially declared it ‘Ebola-free’. It was a journey...
