Patience Jonathan announces a PhD
There ought to be a law prohibiting certain categories of people from obtaining higher degrees in obscure higher institutions in their localities. Even without one, there is an obvious risk…
Tinubu’s Democracy Day Speech – The Hypocritical Smile of a Lying Tyrant
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Democracy Day address before the National Assembly was delivered with polish, poetry, and patriotic fanfare. But beneath the florid rhetoric and the saccharine invocations of June…
As Tinubu’s government celebrates in London
There are about 30 places around the world named London after, well, London, England’s capital. About 18 of them, including three key cities, are in the United States. In Nigeria,…
Smoke & Mirrors Inc.
Thursday was President Bola Tinubu’s second anniversary in office. He was a happy but deluded man, identifying, in his anniversary speech, “undeniable” progress. “I proudly affirm that our economic reforms…
Octopus Wike And The PDP
Octopuses are considered by biologists to be very crafty, clever, cephalopods, who have multiple brains and three hearts, and can easily manoeuvre their ways around even the most difficult circumstances.…
The Oba cometh
In four days, President Bola Tinubu will complete his second year in office, following the compromised election, according to various election monitoring groups, which brought him to power in 2023.…
Zulum And The Surge In Insurgency
There is a surge in insurgency in Nigeria. There is a ferocious return and dominance of the Boko Haram, the terror group in Nigeria linked with Al Qaeda and ISIS…
Papal Pageantry And Presidential Priorities
As President Bola Tinubu jets off to Rome this weekend for Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration, I can’t help but wonder about the optics of this diplomatic dance. Another international trip,…
Defections And Threat Of One-Party State
When the latest wave of defections began in March 2025, marked by the high profile exit of Mallam Nasir El Rufai from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party,…
‘Nigeria First’ Policy: Bold Move Or Empty Promise?
As President Bola Tinubu unveils his ambitious “Nigeria First Policy” amid a flurry of federal approvals worth billions, one can’t help but ask: Are we witnessing the dawn of an…