Confab: The plus and the minus
Gradually, with uneven steps and incoherent tones, the national conference ends this week. It has been a gathering full of surprises. Though no blows...
Politicians don’t speak; they abuse
In a tiny book, Politics Companion, there is the story of an American satirist, Ambrose Bierce, who wrote an incomparable book called The Devil’s...
From Boko Haram to Ebola
I’m worried. Why is it that at any given time, there must be something to kill us? It is unfair, unjust. This cannot be...
Between Philadelphia 1787 and Abuja 2014 (2)
Something unusual happened last week. In journalism, we call it printer’s devil. But that is merely being technical. A mistake is a mistake, whether...
Confab: Between Philadelphia 1787 and Abuja 2014
Permit me to remind you of a story you may already be familiar with. It is the story of two conventions: the historical Constitutional...
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...
Raw images of fear in Abuja: What to do
On Saturday, June 28, I went to a popular shopping mall along Aminu Kano Crescent. It is one of the busiest spots in the...
Nigeria in a pool of blood
Yet, another bloody blast. Again, there is so much blood on the streets. Look at those mangled bodies, broken bones and headless limbs. A...
When silence ceases to be golden
Silence! Some call it a beautiful art. Others say it is a golden sermon. Testy McTesterson says silence can be read like a book:...
Mbu slams, Akpabio reverses
Power: there is something about it that is difficult to understand. Power has many sides; positive, negative. There is nothing bad about power; neither...
