Issues in Buhari’s Economic Advisory Council
President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent replacement of the Economic Management Team (EMT) headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo with an Economic Advisory Council (EAC) headed by Prof. Doyin Salami has led…
Why General Buhari Is Not Acting To Stop The Killing of Nigerians in South Africa.
General Buhari is NOT bothered about the KILLINGS of Nigerians in South Africa because he feels that most Nigerians there are Igbos. They are 5 percenters. If he wanted to,…
Imo; 90 Days of Nothingness
Andrew Nnanna arrived his office building in Orji-Owerri in Imo State promptly at eight am as was his habit. He needed only to park his car and use the stairs…
FBI, Nigerian Fraudsters and Other Stories
This is not the best of times to be identified as a Nigerian, especially if you are a Nigerian in diaspora. It is indeed the worst of times to be…
The Igbo crime culture (2) by Fredrick Nwabufo
In the heat of the lynching of Igbo citizens in Asia in 2013 over alleged criminality, I wrote an essay entitled, ‘The Igbo fallacy’. In it, I appealed to the…
Beating of Ekweremadu and the stones awaiting others
There is pain. There is anger. And there is collective rage in the land. Nigerians are empty of options and are seeking avenues for a purge; for catharsis. The season…
When Soldiers Do Police Work: Disaster
If anyone is looking for a perfect illustration and confirmation of the “coming anarchy” in Nigeria, that person needs not look farther than the on-going conflict and crisis of mutual…
How The Lawan Senate Failed its First Major Test
Senator Ahmed Lawan is the Chairman and President of Nigeria’s 9thNational Assembly. His emergence as Senate President was prefaced by a lot of politicking and brick-bats within the ruling All…
The wrong way to defend the Naira
A report on Page 33 of the Punch Newspaper edition of June 21st 2019 has indicated that “between April 2018 and March 2019, the Central Bank of Nigeria injected over…
Wobbly Start for Governor Ihedioha
There must be something about political power that makes otherwise good men to act contrary to expectations once in power. And it can be very dispiriting. Let me mention immediately…