Surely, history will be fair to Jonathan
When he bloodlessly sacked Muhammadu Buhari on August 27, 1985, Ibrahim Babangida made certain historical statements that students of Nigeria’s political history may do...
As the nation votes, a new tax collector reads riot act
He came short of repeating but almost paraphrased John F. Kennedy in that famous 1961 inaugural speech: “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not...
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...
Agwai and the burden of loyalty
It was with mixed feelings that I received the news of the removal of the executive chairman of Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P),...
Come on! Who set this bush on fire?
On February 27, 1966, the venerable Allah-De (Alade Odunewu), Nigeria’s high priest of quality journalism, wrote a piece in the Sunday Times with the...
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...
Falsehood has never been a good political strategy
It was reassuring to hear President Goodluck Jonathan say during the media chat on Wednesday that elections will hold as rescheduled, and that a...
Falsehood has never been a good political strategy
It was reassuring to hear President Goodluck Jonathan say during the media chat on Wednesday that elections will hold as rescheduled, and that a...
It’s propaganda versus unpreparedness
It’s a few days to the polls. Soon, days will become hours and hours will become minutes. By next Sunday, barring last minute change...
Let’s campaign in poetry and govern in prose
Long after Mario Cuomo coined the above headline, I’m beginning to accept the despicable definition or description of politics by Nigerians as a dirty...
