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...
Let’s pray for our girls
Anytime the church prays, something unusual happens. And anytime the nation prays, unthinkable favour rains. Whenever we cease operating by our might and turn...
Why this probe must go all the way
The success story of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the United States of America may take quite some months or even years to unfold....
May 29, the speech, the man and the content
A big event demands a big speech. And a political event is a big event. The biggest of such political event is the inauguration...
Confab: Consensus and tribal interest
By Sam Akpe
They talk, rage, throw tantrums and grandstand. Disagreement is a norm. Agreement is optional. Then they vote; and the majority celebrates. While...
Who cares if Obasanjo decides to quit PDP!
I had a good laugh the other day when I saw General Olusegun Obasanjo on television tearing, to shreds, his membership card of the...
Random thoughts of a crowded mind
Please bear with me; because I’ll be neither here nor there today. Events are unfolding at the speed of thoughts; and my thoughts are...
Boko Haram: When local scare becomes national nightmare
Written in 2011, this piece was titled: Lamentations of a Worried Citizen. For a few minutes, let’s watch these scenarios as they unfold:
Listen to...
No more excuses and blame game; let the change roll
First, months were reduced to weeks; then weeks to days. Today, it’s a matter of hours before the smoke of change engulfs the nation.
Something...
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...
