Insecurity: Enough of on top of the situation
We are top of the situation is a familiar phrase by Nigerian presidents, police and military chiefs each time criminals strike and...
Slain soldiers vs burning towns: Questions unasked
Slain soldiers vs burning towns: Questions unasked. The Okuama and Okoloba communities in Delta State have been burning over land for long....
This is no time to envy the president
This is no time to envy the president. Common folk, sometimes, wish they were commander-in-chief, but with Nigeria needlessly on its knees...
A season of national embarrassment
A season of national embarrassment: It is bad enough that our military young blood are slaughtered in a very messy manner by...
Women don’t need a ministry named after them
Women don’t need a ministry named after them. They need a country that works, where they die less at childbirth and their...
Things not getting Betta
Things not getting Betta. What has been termed Edugate speaks to a growing monster rather than a dying one
Animal Farm on my mind
In Animal Farm, George Orwell seems to have seen ahead how, in Nigeria, officials of government would upstage the character of Squealer...
Another Wike in Kogi
Another Wike in Kogi. Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara is de-fanged, his wings clipped, while his Kogi counterpart Usman Ododo kneels submissively...
The president goes to war
As the president goes to war. Until now, President Bola Tinubu had spoken little about the “enemies” of his administration. He let...
