Editorial: The PDP Spectacle of Endless Drama
The sad turn of events in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with the suspension of key members of the Abubakar Baraje-led splinter group, is another damaging commentary on the…
The Blessing of Oil: A Peculiar Mess
Our parlous economic predicament is generally regarded as a “resource curse”; a phenomenon, which the free encyclopedia defines as a paradox of plenty, in which countries with abundant revenue from…
Nigeria And The Question, ‘Wetin Cause Am’?
“…The hungry child with stomach ache is busy pointing at his head and complaining of headache”. Local adage ‘Wetin’ is a word in local parlance that means many things, it…
The Curse of Power
This is a grim and depressing essay and the subject matter is painful to digest. I take no pleasure in writing it and I would suggest that those that are…
Editorial: Stella Oduah Trapped by Moral Questions
To a man with a hammer, Mark Twain once said, everything looks like a nail. One hammer that has been working overtime, is that wielded by the Minister of Aviation,…
Andrew Azazi, Yushab Shuaib, Festus Odimegwu & the Rest of Us
The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the…
APC: Gov. Amaechi, Mrs. Jonathan and the Love of Power
English poet, essayist, critic, 1793, Anna Barbauld was it who said that when we carry our eyes back through the long records of our history, we see wars of plunder,…
Editorial: APC and the G-7 Governors
The claim last Friday, by former military ruler and APC chieftain, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, that the seven discontented PDP governors, (G-7) have agreed to join the APC with their supporters,…
Oduagate: Who will cast the first stone?
The frenzy of opinions, allegations and counter allegations on the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)’s ill-advised purchase of two armoured vehicles has been sustained in the media lately. The unfolding…
The NYSC Foundation Scam: Beyond Impunity?
The recent scandal involving the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and a private entity named NYSC Foundation has effectively confirmed that Nigeria’s biggest challenge is, perhaps, not…