‘Murderous identities’
That is the direct translation of Amin Maalouf’s celebrated book, Les identities meurtrieres (Grasset, Paris, 1998). From the French original, the official title for...
To probe or not to probe – Who, really, is afraid?
The debate is currently on as to whether the newly inaugurated federal government should probe the former one or not, and what benefit, if...
Who should be a politician?
It was surprising and quite revealing to hear a serving governor tell me recently that he had told a man who had contested the...
The 7th Senate and those Hurriedly Passed bills: Need to replay in slow motion
“The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.” That was the declaration in 1967 of the then Minister of Justice, Pierre...
To probe or not to probe – Who, really, is afraid?
The debate is currently on as to whether the newly inaugurated federal government should probe the former one or not, and what benefit, if...
My inaugural address to the nation – if I were Buhari
I frequently engage in the imaginative task of composing the kind of speeches I wish to hear from the leaders of my country. I...
Just why was Esther “favoured”?
Today, we depart somewhat from the beaten path in order to examine a topic that is not quite the kind that normally comes up...
Letting women really hold up half the sky
Attention is being given more and more globally to the subject of having women participate and be significantly represented at the highest levels in...
Fuel scarcity: Will any head roll?
The sentiment of some Nigerians concerning the ongoing petrol shortage in the country is that it is one too many; furthermore, it is difficult...
Is Nigeria ready for success?
Wema Bank Plc. advertised a 70th anniversary commemorative lecture whose topic, “Why Nations Succeed”, caught the eye of not a few people. The lecture,...
