What if Buhari does not want to continue…?
Secrecy as they say, creates confusion and opens up the space for wild speculation and conspiracy theories. Nigerians believe fervently in the adage that nature abhors a vacuum. So the…
Imo State & 5m Mumus
For the Sumerians the word “Mumu’’ means creative reason, in other words, that which creates all things. The Babylonian priests see the god Marduk as the creator of the world.…
The Ailing President & The Coming Conflagration in Nigeria
Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, can describe the Leader of the Opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, as a “mutton-headed old mugwump” and an “Islington herbivore” how on earth should we describe…
Democracy, Opportunism And The All Progressives Congress
The Weekly Trust of Saturday 4th March 2017 (Page 39) carried an interview with Chief Okoi Obono-Obla in which several misleading accusations bordering on my political convictions and engagements in…
Ile-Ife Crisis: Stop provoking Hausa people, Arewa group warns Yoruba organisations
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has warned Yoruba groups including the Afenifere over comments credited to the latter over the recent killings in Ile-Ife, Osun state. A clash between…
Security: This Is How They Do It
Sometime in 2010, Nichi Vendola cried out loud to report a group of unruly teeangers who were consistently coming to harass him in his house in Bari. The youngsters would…
Saraki, Magu and the Phantom War on Corruption
Wednesday, 15th of March was the day Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was hoping to have his appointment confirmed by the much…
Police recruitment tainted with corruption, successful candidates replaced midway to training
I’m Sarafa Ibrahim and I am a freelance journalist. I wrote a piece on the experience of some candidates who applied to the recently police recruitment. This was the experience…
NPDC’s Daily Crude Oil Production to Rise to 500,000b/d, Gas, 1500mmscf
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has expressed its commitment to grow the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company’s, NPDC, crude oil production to 500,000 barrels per day by 2020. The Corporation…
President Buhari, Femi Adeshina, Mischief Makers and the Rest of Us
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adeshina, could not hide his joy as he announced with unrivalled glee the phone call of Mr President to him all the way from London. Certainly, this…