As curtain falls on confab
Gradually, like a noisy splash of water down the broken rocks, refreshing yet deafening, the national conference is winding up. Whoever thought it would...
This cannot be true; but it is
It looks so unreal; because it is so despicably nonsensical. No, it did not happen. It could not have happened. Or rather, it should...
As the ‘noisemakers’ come to town
Strange things are happening in Nigeria’s Senate. Maturity and immaturity are on display.
While the minority PDP members demonstrate a bit of political know-how, APC,...
Nigerian varsities: An intolerable anachronism
By Tochukwu Ezukanma
After two months of closure, the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) reopened on Sunday, June 19, 2016. The school was closed down...
This blame-game is becoming boring
It was Laurence Peter who once said that democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get...
Let the votes count; let peace reign
The countdown has started. Weeks have turned to days and days are turning to hours; just a few hours. Time no longer walks; it...
Confab: When history made more history
History is not only written; history lives. History has breath. History is not only told; it sometimes tells the story of itself.
That means history...
Our globe-trotting president
Can anybody tell me why he wouldn’t travel abroad, every week, if he were President Muhammadu Buhari? Here is why travelling abroad under the...
When last did you read a book?
Every new book comes to me like a new baby. I can’t wait to read it. A good book is like an invention. Or...
Search for husbands and ministers
These days, girls want husbands the same way President Muhammadu Buhari wants angels as ministers. Abuja girls believe the city is full of spineless...